Despite a precedent review [100] evidenced that SNMC acts as an antiinflammatory or cytoprotective drug but does not have antiviral properties, a recent in vitro study found that GL inhibit HCV full-length viral particles and HCV core gene expression or function in a dose-dependent manner and had synergistic effect with interferon [101] and a European randomized trial showed biochemical effects of 26-week treatment with SNMC in patients with chronic hepatitis C [102] .