Current trends in computer aided drug design and a highlight of drugs discovered via computational techniques: A review

VT Sabe, T Ntombela, LA Jhamba… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Computer-aided drug design (CADD) is one of the pivotal approaches to contemporary pre-
clinical drug discovery, and various computational techniques and software programs are …

Cheminformatics in natural product‐based drug discovery

Y Chen, J Kirchmair - Molecular Informatics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review seeks to provide a timely survey of the scope and limitations of cheminformatics
methods in natural product‐based drug discovery. Following an overview of data resources …

[HTML][HTML] Cheminformatics to characterize pharmacologically active natural products

JL Medina-Franco, FI Saldívar-González - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural products have a significant role in drug discovery. Natural products have distinctive
chemical structures that have contributed to identifying and developing drugs for different …

[HTML][HTML] Computational study on potential novel anti-Ebola virus protein VP35 natural compounds

LKS Darko, E Broni, DSY Amuzu, MD Wilson, CS Parry… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) is one of the most lethal pathogens that can infect humans. The Ebola
viral protein VP35 (EBOV VP35) inhibits host IFN-α/β production by interfering with host …

Towards a unified Latin American natural products database: LANaPD

JL Medina-Franco - Future Science OA, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Around the world, the number of compound databases of natural products in the public
domain is rising. This is in line with the increasing synergistic combination of natural product …

“Drug-likeness” properties of natural compounds

F Ntie-Kang, KD Nyongbela, GA Ayimele… - Physical Sciences …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Our previous work was focused on the fundamental physical and chemical concepts behind
“drug-likeness” and “natural product (NP)-likeness”. Herein, we discuss further details on the …

Structure-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation for the identification of sphingosine kinase-2 inhibitors as potential analgesics

Akhilesh, ATK Baidya, A Uniyal, B Das… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Neuropathic pain is due to an injury or disease of the somatosensory nervous system, which
accounts for a significant economical and health burden to society. Due to poor …

Application of advanced technologies in natural product research: A review with special emphasis on ADMET profiling

P Borah, S Hazarika, S Deka… - Current Drug …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The successful conversion of natural products (NPs) into lead compounds and novel
pharmacophores has emboldened the researchers to harness the drug discovery process …

Discovery and development of lead compounds from natural sources using computational approaches

JL Medina-Franco - Evidence-based validation of herbal medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
This chapter discusses the synergy between natural product-based drug discovery and
methods used in computer-aided drug design. For centuries, Nature has been the source of …

Virtual screening and molecular dynamics investigations using natural compounds against autotaxin for the treatment of chronic pain

Akhilesh, A Menon, S Agrawal, D Chouhan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic pain is a common and debilitating condition with a huge social and economic
burden worldwide. Currently, available drugs in clinics are not adequately effective and …