Biosystem‐inspired engineering of nanozymes for biomedical applications

L Zhang, H Wang, X Qu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes with intrinsic enzyme‐mimicking activities have shown great potential to
become surrogates of natural enzymes in many fields by virtue of their advantages of high …

Synergistic effects between metal nanoparticles and commercial antimicrobial agents: A review

AI Ribeiro, AM Dias, A Zille - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has expanded into a broad range of clinical applications. In particular,
metal nanoparticles (MNPs) display unique antimicrobial properties, a fundamental function …

Oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19: opportunities and challenges

L Rahmah, SO Abarikwu, AG Arero, M Essouma… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Springer
The use of antiviral COVID-19 medications can successfully inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication
and prevent disease progression to a more severe form. However, the timing of antiviral …

Synthesis, molecular features and biological activities of modified plant polysaccharides

S Mukherjee, S Jana, S Khawas, J Kicuntod… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Recent applications of vinyl sulfone motif in drug design and discovery

R Ahmadi, S Emami - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Vinyl sulfone with electrophilic character is not only a versatile building block for various
organic transformations but also is a key structural unit in a large number of biologically …

Nanozybiotics: advancing antimicrobial strategies through biomimetic mechanisms

C Zhou, Q Wang, H Cao, J Jiang, L Gao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases caused by bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens present significant
global health challenges. The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance exacerbates this …

The 1, 2, 3-triazole 'all-in-one'ring system in drug discovery: A good bioisostere, a good pharmacophore, a good linker, and a versatile synthetic tool

D Lengerli, K Ibis, Y Nural… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction The 1, 2, 3-triazole ring occupies an important space in medicinal
chemistry due to its unique structural properties, synthetic versatility and pharmacological …

4′-Modified nucleosides for antiviral drug discovery: achievements and perspectives

J Chang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Modified nucleosides show therapeutic promise for antiviral therapies.
However, issues including the emergence of drug resistance, toxicity, and coinfections have …

Structural, electronic, and electrostatic determinants for inhibitor binding to subsites S1 and S2 in SARS-CoV-2 main protease

DW Kneller, H Li, S Galanie, G Phillips… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Creating small-molecule antivirals specific for severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) proteins is crucial to battle coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Catalytic antimicrobial therapy using nanozymes

Q Wang, J Jiang, L Gao - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes are nanomaterials with enzyme‐like characteristics, which catalyze the
conversion of enzyme substrates and follow enzymatic kinetics under physiological …