1 Computational exploration of the dual role of the phytochemical fortunellin: antiviral activities against SARS-CoV-2 and immunomodulatory abilities against the host Shivangi Agrawal 1 , Ekta Pathak 2 *, Vibha Mishra 1 , Afifa Parveen 1 , Sunil Kumar Mishra 3 , Parameswarappa S Byadgi 4 , Shushil Dubey 4 , Ashvanee Kumar Chaudhary 5 , Vishwambhar Singh 6 , Rameshwar Nath Chaurasia 7 , Neelam Atri 8 , Rajeev Mishra 1 *, * To whom correspondence should be addressed: *Rajeev Mishra, Ph.D. Associate Professor in Bioinformatics, MMV, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India. Tel: +91 9935338891, rajeev17@bhu.ac.in; * Ekta Pathak, Ph.D. Bioinformatics Scientist (Freelance) Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Banaras Hindu University Tel: +91 9651709839; ektavpathak@gmail.com 1 Bioinformatics, MMV, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University. India 2 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. 3 Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, IIT (BHU), India 4 Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India 5 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU 6 Department of ENT, IMS, BHU, India 7 Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India 8 Department of Botany, MMV, Banaras Hindu University, India