A review of fatty acid biosynthesis enzyme inhibitors as promising antimicrobial drugs

L Bibens, JP Becker, A Dassonville-Klimpt, P Sonnet - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is currently a serious threat to human health.
Consequently, we are facing an urgent need for new antimicrobial drugs acting with original …

Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity Effects of Extracts of Piper nigrum L. and Piperine

FS Alves, JN Cruz, IN de Farias Ramos… - Separations, 2022 - mdpi.com
P. nigrum L. extracts and the piperine alkaloid have important antimicrobial, anti-
inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Therefore, in this study, we evaluated the …

Methoxylated flavonols from Vellozia dasypus Seub ethyl acetate active myeloperoxidase extract: in vitro and in silico assays

VM Almeida, ÊR Dias, BC Souza, JN Cruz… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a methoxylated fraction from Vellozia dasypus
Seub on myeloperoxidase (MPO)-chlorinating activity and subsequent in silico assays for …

In silico improvement of the cyanobacterial lectin microvirin and mannose interaction

AM Lima, AS Siqueira, MLS Möller… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Lectins that bind to HIV envelope glycoprotein can inhibit virus-cell fusion and be used for
rational drug design. This paper presents the results of an in silico approach to improve …

Identification of new rofecoxib-based cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: A bioinformatics approach

RP Leão, JV Cruz, GV da Costa, JN Cruz… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The cyclooxygenase-2 receptor is a therapeutic target for planning potential drugs with anti-
inflammatory activity. The selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor rofecoxib was …

Identification of potential COX-2 inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory diseases using molecular modeling approaches

PHF Araújo, RS Ramos, JN da Cruz, SG Silva… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) that were
developed in order to avoid the side effects of non-selective inhibitors of COX-1. Thus, the …

Novel chalcones derivatives with potential antineoplastic activity investigated by docking and molecular dynamics simulations

RAM Neto, CBR Santos, SVC Henriques… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Glioblastoma is an aggressive primary tumor of the central nervous system (CNS). Is the
most aggressive among infiltrative gliomas arising from the CNS. This tumor has low patient …

Identification of potential mutational hotspots in serratiopeptidase to address its poor pH tolerance issue

A Dhiman, R Purohit - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Serratiopeptidase is the multifunctionality metalloendopeptidase extensively employed in
biopharmaceutical and industrial biotechnology. Despite its poor pH tolerance …

Antiplasmodial activity of coumarins isolated from Polygala boliviensis: in vitro and in silico studies

DF da Silva, JL de Souza, DM da Costa… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polygala boliviensis is found in the Brazilian semiarid region. This specie is little chemically
and biologically studied. Polygala spp. have different metabolites, especially coumarins …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the genotoxicity and mutagenicity of isoeleutherin and eleutherin isolated from Eleutherine plicata herb. using bioassays and in silico …

ALG Castro, JN Cruz, DF Sodré… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biological activities of Eleutherine plicata Herb. have been linked to isoeleutherin and
eleutherin naphthoquinones. However, there are few reports in the literature regarding the …