RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase of SARS‐CoV‐2 as a therapeutic target

Y Wang, V Anirudhan, R Du, Q Cui… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐
CoV‐2), named coronavirus disease 2019, has infected more than 8.9 million people …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the RdRp of emerging RNA viruses: the structure-based drug design challenge

F Picarazzi, I Vicenti, F Saladini, M Zazzi, M Mori - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is an essential enzyme for the viral
replication process, catalyzing the viral RNA synthesis using a metal ion-dependent …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances of pyridinone in medicinal chemistry

S Lin, C Liu, X Zhao, X Han, X Li, Y Ye, Z Li - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pyridinones have been adopted as an important block in medicinal chemistry that could
serve as hydrogen bond donors and acceptors. With the help of feasible synthesis routes via …

New insights into antiviral and cytotoxic potential of quercetin and its derivatives–a biochemical perspective

E Gansukh, A Nile, DH Kim, JW Oh, SH Nile - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Quercetin, a potential polyphenolic which possesses several biological effects. The
influenza virus polymerase basic 2 (PB2) subunit of RNA polymerase responsible for …

Biological activities of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines and analogs

S Pinheiro, EMC Pinheiro, EMF Muri… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The [1, 2, 4] triazolo [1, 5-a] pyrimidines (TPs) comprise an important class of non-
naturally occurring small molecules that aroused the interest of researches. This scaffold is …

Identification of N- and C-3-Modified Laudanosoline Derivatives as Novel Influenza PAN Endonuclease Inhibitors

Y Liao, Y Ye, M Liu, Z Liu, J Wang, B Li… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Influenza PAN inhibitors are of particular importance in current efforts to develop a new
generation of antiviral drugs due to the growing emergence of highly pathogenic influenza …

Repositioning therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2: Virtual screening of plant-based anti-HIV compounds as possible inhibitors against COVID-19 viral RdRp

M Murali, HG Gowtham, MA Ansari… - Current …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic with a
high mortality and morbidity rate worldwide. The COVID-19 vaccines that are currently in …

Discovery of aryl benzoyl hydrazide derivatives as novel potent broad-spectrum inhibitors of influenza A virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp)

X Liu, J Liang, Y Yu, X Han, L Yu, F Chen… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Influenza A viruses possess a high antigenic shift, and the approved anti-influenza drugs are
extremely limited, which makes the development of novel anti-influenza drugs for the clinical …

Recent advances in the discovery of potent RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) inhibitors targeting viruses

R Kumar, S Mishra, SK Maurya - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
WHO has declared COVID-19 a pandemic, which has affected the whole world and has
caused unprecedented social and economic disruption. Since the emergence of the …

Overview of antiviral drug discovery and development: viral versus host targets

G Li, E De Clercq - 2021 - books.rsc.org
During recent decades, a great variety of viral and host targets have been exploited for the
discovery of antiviral agents against human infectious diseases. 1 Although significant …