New developments in nucleoside analogues biosynthesis: A review

MJ Lapponi, CW Rivero, MA Zinni, CN Britos… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present review deals with current advances in the chemoenzymatic synthesis of
biologically important nucleoside analogues (NA), either by the use of microorganisms or …

Polymers in the medical antiviral front-line

N Jarach, H Dodiuk, S Kenig - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antiviral polymers are part of a major campaign led by the scientific community in recent
years. Facing this most demanding of campaigns, two main approaches have been …

Zika virus NS5 protein potential inhibitors: an enhanced in silico approach in drug discovery

P Ramharack, MES Soliman - Journal of Biomolecular Structure …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The re-emerging Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus that has been described to
have explosive potential as a worldwide pandemic. The initial transmission of the virus was …

[HTML][HTML] Toward the prevention of coronavirus infection: what role can polymers play?

X Jiang, Z Li, DJ Young, M Liu, C Wu, YL Wu… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus 2 has caused a global public
health crisis with high rates of infection and mortality. Treatment and prevention approaches …

Synthetic Polymers as Antibacterial and Antiviral Agents

SM Mousavi, SA Hashemi… - … Materials, Volume 2, 2024 - ACS Publications
Synthetic polymers have unique properties as antibacterial and antiviral agents due to their
buffering effect for endosomal escape, high molecular weight, function, and tunable …

RAFT polymerization of ciprofloxacin prodrug monomers for the controlled intracellular delivery of antibiotics

D Das, S Srinivasan, AM Kelly, DY Chiu… - Polymer …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Prodrug monomers derived from the antibiotic ciprofloxacin were synthesized with phenolic
or aliphatic esters linking the drug to a polymerizable methacrylate group. RAFT …

Advanced prodrug strategies in nucleoside and non-nucleoside antiviral agents: A review of the recent five years

H Sinokrot, T Smerat, A Najjar, R Karaman - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Background: Poor pharmacokinetic profiles and resistance are the main two drawbacks from
which currently used antiviral agents suffer, thus make them excellent targets for research …

Bioactive nucleoside analogues possessing selected five-membered azaheterocyclic bases

J Zeidler, D Baraniak, T Ostrowski - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review summarizes briefly literature reports on nucleoside analogues containing five-
membered aglycones based on imidazole-4-carboxamide, 1, 2, 4-triazole-3-carboxamide or …

Macromolecular (pro) drugs in antiviral research

AAA Smith, MBL Kryger, BM Wohl, P Ruiz-Sanchis… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Macromolecular (pro) drugs are a sub-discipline of medicinal and polymer chemistries
aiming to optimize the delivery of drugs to their site of action. In recent decades, this field of …

Macromolecular prodrugs of ribavirin: towards a treatment for co-infection with HIV and HCV

AAA Smith, K Zuwala, MBL Kryger, BM Wohl… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) represent tremendous
healthcare burdens with a large proportion of patients hosting the two viruses at the same …