Medicinal polypharmacology—a scientific glossary of terminology and concepts

SM Stefan, M Rafehi - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Medicinal polypharmacology is one answer to the complex reality of multifactorial human
diseases that are often unresponsive to single-targeted treatment. It is an admittance that …

[HTML][HTML] An accurate and universal protein-small molecule batch docking solution using Autodock Vina

X Che, Q Liu, L Zhang - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
As an important theoretical computation method in computer-aided drug design, molecular
docking has significantly shifted the paradigm of drug discovery. As one of the open-source …

Utilizing Andrographis paniculata leaves and roots by effective usage of the bioactive andrographolide and its nanodelivery: Investigation of antikindling and …

R Baru Venkata, DSNBK Prasanth, PK Pasala… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
To valorise the bioactive constituents abundant in leaves and other parts of medicinal plants
with the objective to minimize the plant-based wastes, this study was undertaken. The main …

Predicting novel targets with Bayesian machine learning by integrating multiple biological signatures

X Wei, T Zhu, HF Yip, X Fu, D Jiang, Y Deng, A Lu… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The identification of targets for candidate molecules is a pivotal stride in the drug
development journey, encompassing lead discovery, drug repurposing, and the scrutiny of …

TCM-ADIP: A Multidimensional Database Linking Traditional Chinese Medicine to Functional Brain Zones of Alzheimer's Disease

L Hu, Q Tang, F Meng, Y Xu, W Chen, S Xu - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder, with existing therapeutic
drugs typically targeting specific disease stages. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) …

3DSTarPred: A Web Server for Target Prediction of Bioactive Small Molecules Based on 3D Shape Similarity

C Yan, Z Liu, Y Bai, Z Wang, J Fang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Target identification plays a critical role in preclinical drug development. The in silico
approach has been developed and widely applied to assist medicinal chemists and …

Ultrasound-laccase pre-treatment enhances agarwood essential oil extraction and bioactivity

S Ma, Y Chen, T Yan, J Qin, G Li - International Journal of Biological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Agarwood essential oil is prized for its elegant aroma and pharmacological properties;
however, the traditional hydrodistillation method suffers from inefficiencies, constraining the …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological modeling of the metaverse of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis β-CA inhibition mechanism

S Giovannuzzi, SS Shyamal, R Bhowmik, R Ray… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs of humans and
accounts for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacteria as the etiologic agent. In this study …

A virtual screening framework based on the binding site selectivity for small molecule drug discovery

X Che, Q Liu, F Yu, L Zhang, R Gani - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Structure-based virtual screening of binding of candidate drug molecules is a topic
of increasing interest in the discovery of small molecule drugs. As the same drug molecule …

[HTML][HTML] Safranal alleviates pentetrazole-induced epileptic seizures in mice by inhibiting the NF-κB signaling pathway and mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis through …

J Yan, T Li, K Ji, X Zhou, W Yao, L Zhou… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Saffron, a traditional Chinese medicine, is derived from
Crocus sativus L. stigmas and has been reported to possess neuroprotective properties and …