SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapy

K Tao, PL Tzou, J Nouhin, H Bonilla… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The development of effective antiviral therapy for COVID-19 is critical for those awaiting
vaccination, as well as for those who do not respond robustly to vaccination. This review …

Drug repurposing against SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV

S Aherfi, B Pradines, C Devaux, S Honore… - Future …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, large in silico screening studies and
numerous in vitro studies have assessed the antiviral activity of various drugs on SARS-CoV …

Drug design and repurposing with DockThor-VS web server focusing on SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic targets and their non-synonym variants

IA Guedes, LSC Costa, KB Dos Santos, ALM Karl… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was declared a pandemic disease in
March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Structure-Based Drug Design …

Rutin: A Potential Antiviral for Repurposing as a SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro) Inhibitor

PK Agrawal, C Agrawal… - Natural Product …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Various computational studies, including in silico ones, have identified several existing
compounds that could serve as effective inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease …

Beneficial effects of a mouthwash containing an antiviral phthalocyanine derivative on the length of hospital stay for COVID-19: randomised trial

PS da Silva Santos, B da Fonseca Orcina… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The risk of contamination and dissemination by SARS-CoV-2 has a strong link with nasal,
oral and pharyngeal cavities. Recently, our research group observed the promising …

Progress and pitfalls of a year of drug repurposing screens against COVID-19

J Sourimant, M Aggarwal, RK Plemper - Current Opinion in Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Near the end of 2019, a new betacoronavirus started to efficiently transmit between humans,
resulting in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Unprecedented worldwide efforts were made to …

[HTML][HTML] Non-toxic dimeric peptides derived from the bothropstoxin-I are potent SARS-CoV-2 and papain-like protease inhibitors

MCLC Freire, GD Noske, NV Bitencourt, PRS Sanches… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 outbreak has rapidly spread on a global scale, affecting the economy and
public health systems throughout the world. In recent years, peptide-based therapeutics …

Identifying SARS-CoV-2 drugs binding to the spike fatty acid binding pocket using in silico docking and molecular dynamics

S Piplani, P Singh, N Petrovsky, DA Winkler - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drugs against novel targets are needed to treat COVID-19 patients, especially as SARS-
CoV-2 is capable of rapid mutation. Structure-based de novo drug design and repurposing …

A potential antiviral against COVID-19 obtained from Byrsonima coccolobifolia leaves extract

CM Rodrigues, CC Bento, CB Moraes, C Gomes… - Fitoterapia, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we specifically focused on the crude methanolic leaf extract of Byrsonima
coccolobifolia, investigating its antifungal potential against human pathogenic fungi and its …

Inhibition of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 replication by hypertonic saline solution in lung and kidney epithelial cells

RRG Machado, T Glaser, DB Araujo… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
An unprecedented global health crisis has been caused by a new virus called severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We performed experiments to test if a …