Ebselen is a benzoselenazole that is 1,2-benzoselenazol-3-one carrying an additional phenyl substituent at position 2. Acts as a mimic of glutathione peroxidase. It has a role as an EC 3.4.22.69 (SARS coronavirus main proteinase) inhibitor, an anticoronaviral agent, a ferroptosis inhibitor, an EC 3.1.3.25 (inositol-phosphate phosphatase) inhibitor, an antioxidant, an antibacterial agent, an anti-inflammatory drug, an antineoplastic agent, an antifungal agent, a radical scavenger, a genotoxin, an EC 2.7.10.1 (receptor protein-tyrosine kinase) inhibitor, a hepatoprotective agent, a neuroprotective agent, an EC 1.13.11.34 (arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase) inhibitor, an EC 1.13.11.33 (arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase) inhibitor, an apoptosis inducer, an EC 1.8.1.12 (trypanothione-disulfide reductase) inhibitor, an enzyme mimic, an EC 1.3.1.8 [acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (NADP(+))] inhibitor, an EC 2.5.1.7 (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase) inhibitor, an EC 3.5.4.1 (cytosine deaminase) inhibitor and an EC 5.1.3.2 (UDP-glucose 4-epimerase) inhibitor.
