Small molecules in the treatment of COVID-19

S Lei, X Chen, J Wu, X Duan, K Men - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The outbreak of COVID-19 has become a global crisis, and brought severe disruptions to
societies and economies. Until now, effective therapeutics against COVID-19 are in high …

Host-directed antiviral therapy

N Kumar, S Sharma, R Kumar, BN Tripathi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
Antiviral drugs have traditionally been developed by directly targeting essential viral
components. However, this strategy often fails due to the rapid generation of drug-resistant …

Remdesivir, lopinavir, emetine, and homoharringtonine inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro

KT Choy, AYL Wong, P Kaewpreedee, SF Sia, D Chen… - Antiviral research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Remdesivir inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in Vero-E6 cells with EC 50 at 23.15
μM.•Lopinavir but not ritonavir inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication with EC 50 at 26.63 μM.• …

High-throughput screening and identification of potent broad-spectrum inhibitors of coronaviruses

L Shen, J Niu, C Wang, B Huang, W Wang… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - journals.asm.org
Coronaviruses (CoVs) act as cross-species viruses and have the potential to spread rapidly
into new host species and cause epidemic diseases. Despite the severe public health threat …

Alkaloids as potential antivirals. A comprehensive review

S Faisal, SL Badshah, B Kubra, AH Emwas… - Natural Products and …, 2023‏ - Springer
Alkaloids are a diverse group of natural phytochemicals. These phytochemicals in plants
provide them protection against pests, and herbivorous organisms and also control their …

Biologically active isoquinoline alkaloids covering 2014–2018

XF Shang, CJ Yang… - Medicinal research …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Isoquinoline alkaloids, an important class of N‐based heterocyclic compounds, have
attracted considerable attention from researchers worldwide since the early 19th century …

Isolation and characterization of lumpy skin disease virus from cattle in India

N Kumar, Y Chander, R Kumar, N Khandelwal… - PloS one, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) has devastating economic impact. During the last decade, LSD
had spread to climatically new and previously disease-free countries, which also includes its …

[HTML][HTML] Potential antiviral action of alkaloids

FL Abookleesh, BS Al-Anzi, A Ullah - Molecules, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Viral infections and outbreaks have become a major concern and are one of the main
causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The development of successful antiviral …

[HTML][HTML] Potential antiviral options against SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Ianevski, R Yao, MH Fenstad, S Biza, E Zusinaite… - Viruses, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
As of June 2020, the number of people infected with severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) continues to skyrocket, with more than 6.7 million cases worldwide. Both the …

Emetine inhibits Zika and Ebola virus infections through two molecular mechanisms: inhibiting viral replication and decreasing viral entry

S Yang, M Xu, EM Lee, K Gorshkov, SA Shiryaev, S He… - Cell discovery, 2018‏ - nature.com
The re-emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) and Ebola virus (EBOV) poses serious and continued
threats to the global public health. Effective therapeutics for these maladies is an unmet …