SARS-CoV-2 Mpro: A Potential Target for Peptidomimetics and Small-Molecule Inhibitors

A Citarella, A Scala, A Piperno, N Micale - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The uncontrolled spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus SARS-
CoV-2 during 2020–2021 is one of the most devastating events in the history, with …

Hypericin: A natural anthraquinone as promising therapeutic agent

JJ Wu, J Zhang, CY **a, K Ding, XX Li, XG Pan, JK Xu… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: Hypericin is a prominent secondary metabolite mainly existing in genus
Hypericum. It has become a research focus for a quiet long time owing to its extensively …

Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Deubiquitinating Activity of the SARS-CoV-2 Papain-Like Protease: in silico Molecular Docking Studies and in vitro …

E Pitsillou, J Liang, K Ververis, KW Lim, A Hung… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus with important political,
socio-economic, and public health consequences. Inhibiting replication represents an …

In silico and in vitro identification of pan-coronaviral main protease inhibitors from a large natural product library

N Shahhamzehei, S Abdelfatah, T Efferth - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main protease (Mpro or 3CLpro) in coronaviruses represents a promising specific drug
target as it is essential for the cleavage of the virus polypeptide and has a unique cleavage …

Molecular interactions of tannic acid with proteins associated with SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

M Haddad, R Gaudreault, G Sasseville… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The overall impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on
our society is unprecedented. The identification of small natural ligands that could prevent …

Deciphering the binding mechanism of inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease through multiple replica accelerated molecular dynamics simulations and free …

M Li, X Liu, S Zhang, S Liang, Q Zhang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The pneumonia outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus poses a serious threat to human
health and the world economy. The development of safe and highly effective antiviral drugs …

Interaction of small molecules with the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease: In silico studies and in vitro validation of protease activity inhibition using an enzymatic …

E Pitsillou, J Liang, K Ververis, A Hung… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing COVID-19, an ongoing pandemic, with extraordinary
global health, social, and political implications. Currently, extensive research and …

Phytochemicals for the treatment of COVID-19

E Españo, J Kim, K Lee, JK Kim - Journal of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the lack of
approved drugs against acute viral diseases. Plants are considered inexhaustible sources of …

Speed vs accuracy: effect on ligand pose accuracy of varying box size and exhaustiveness in AutoDock vina

R Agarwal, JC Smith - Molecular Informatics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Structure‐based virtual high‐throughput screening involves docking chemical
libraries to targets of interest. A parameter pertinent to the accuracy of the resulting pose is …

[HTML][HTML] In-silico investigation of phenolic compounds from leaves of Phillyrea angustifolia L. as a potential inhibitor against the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro …

A Boufissiou, M Abdalla, M Sharaf… - Journal of Saudi …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is currently a global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its variants. This highly contagious viral …