In silico evaluation of food‐derived carotenoids against SARS‐CoV‐2 drug targets: Crocin is a promising dietary supplement candidate for COVID‐19

S Mujwar, L Sun, O Fidan - Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current COVID‐19 pandemic is severely threatening public healthcare systems around
the globe. Some supporting therapies such as remdesivir, favipiravir, and ivermectin are still …

Structure, sources, functional mechanisms, and applications of bioactive glycopeptides in food: a comprehensive review

D Wang, B Zhang, L Ren, Y Jiang, Y Meng… - Trends in Food Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) lead to approximately 41
million deaths annually, representing 74% of global deaths. These diseases can be …

Methylene blue is a nonspecific protein–protein interaction inhibitor with potential for repurposing as an antiviral for COVID-19

ST Chuang, H Papp, A Kuczmog, R Eells… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
We have previously identified methylene blue, a tricyclic phenothiazine dye approved for
clinical use for the treatment of methemoglobinemia and for other medical applications as a …

Semisynthetic teicoplanin derivatives with dual antimicrobial activity against SARS-CoV-2 and multiresistant bacteria

I Bereczki, V Vimberg, E Lőrincz, H Papp, L Nagy… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 risk co-infection with Gram-positive bacteria, which
severely affects their prognosis. Antimicrobial drugs with dual antiviral and antibacterial …

Potential use of bixin beyond function as a natural colourant in food and cosmetics

RTO Takamoto, AA Hübner, MCS Matuo… - Natural Product …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Bixin is a carotenoid found in the covering of Bixa orellana seeds and widely used as a dye,
mainly in food products and cosmetics. This compound is insoluble in water, but …

A Fresh Look at the Normal Mode Analysis of Proteins: Introducing Allosteric Co-Vibrational Modes

I Kolossváry - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
We propose a new way of utilizing normal modes to study protein conformational transitions.
Instead of considering individual modes independently, we show that a weighted mixture of …

First Vesicular Self‐Assembly of an Apocarotenoid Bixin in Aqueous Liquids and Its Antibacterial Activity

S Patra, S Kar, B Gopal Bag - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bixin 1 is the major constituent of the reddish carotenoids present in the seed‐coat of Bixa
orellana. The use of the extract of the seed‐coat of Bixa orellana in food, cosmetics and …

Microbead-based extracorporeal immuno-affinity virus capture: a feasibility study to address the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

G Jarvas, D Szerenyi, H Jankovics, F Vonderviszt… - Microchimica Acta, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we report on the utilization of micro-technology based tools to fight viral
infections. Inspired by various hemoperfusion and immune-affinity capture systems, a blood …

Antibacterial Conjugates of Kanamycin A with Vancomycin and Eremomycin: Biological Activity and a New MS-Fragmentation Pattern of Cbz-Protected Amines

PN Solyev, EB Isakova, EN Olsufyeva - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
A significant increase of microbial resistance to glycopeptides (especially vancomycin-
resistant enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus) prompted researchers to design new …

[책][B] Chemistry of Carotenoid Radicals and Complexes

LD Kispert, AL Focsan - 2024 - World Scientific
Carotenoids are naturally occurring, intensely colored pigments formed in numerous
photosynthetic bacteria, some species of archaea and fungi, algae, and plants. These …