“…Glycyrrhizic acid (GA, I) is a bioactive saponin from roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. and G. uralensis Fisher (Leguminosae) and is known to have anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, anti-allergic, antidote, antitumor, and immunotropic activity [2]. GA is one of the leading natural glycosides and is a promising scaffold for designing new non-toxic antiviral agents [3,4]. GA inhibits HIV-1, influenza A virus, Epstein-Barr, herpes, hepatitis B and C, SARS-associated coronavirus, etc.…”