Current landscape of methods to evaluate antimicrobial activity of natural extracts

R Gonzalez-Pastor, SE Carrera-Pacheco… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural extracts have been and continue to be used to treat a wide range of medical
conditions, from infectious diseases to cancer, based on their convenience and therapeutic …

Network approaches for modeling the effect of drugs and diseases

TJ Rintala, A Ghosh, V Fortino - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The network approach is quickly becoming a fundamental building block of computational
methods aiming at elucidating the mechanism of action (MoA) and therapeutic effect of …

Progression of antiviral agents targeting viral polymerases

S Peng, H Wang, Z Wang, Q Wang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Viral DNA and RNA polymerases are two kinds of very important enzymes that synthesize
the genetic materials of the virus itself, and they have become extremely favorable targets for …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative effectiveness of oseltamivir versus peramivir for hospitalized children (aged 0-5 years) with influenza infection

M Xu, T Cai, T Yue, P Zhang, J Huang, Q Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives The effectiveness of oseltamivir versus peramivir in children infected with
influenza remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate their effectiveness in young children …

Targeting human proteins for antiviral drug discovery and repurposing efforts: a focus on protein kinases

R Hajjo, DA Sabbah, OH Abusara, R Kharmah… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the great technological and medical advances in fighting viral diseases, new
therapies for most of them are still lacking, and existing antivirals suffer from major limitations …

Virucidal efficacy of gaseous ozone against type 1 herpes simplex virus (hsv-1)

E Ahortor, L Baillie, D Lloyd… - Ozone: Science & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Viruses represent a major threat to human health and are capable of spreading either via
direct exposure or contamination of inanimate surfaces. Certain viruses have been shown to …

Developments in Exploring Fungal Secondary Metabolites as Antiviral Compounds and Advances in HIV-1 Inhibitor Screening Assays

B Nzimande, JP Makhwitine, NP Mkhwanazi, SI Ndlovu - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The emergence of drug-resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 strains against anti-HIV
therapies in the clinical pipeline, and the persistence of HIV in cellular reservoirs remains a …

Recent advances in influenza, HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and drug treatment—the need for precision medicine

T Kálai, JE Pongrácz, P Mátyus - Chemistry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Viruses, and in particular, RNA viruses, dominate the WHO's current list of ten global health
threats. Of these, we review the widespread and most common HIV, influenza virus, and …

Drug repositioning via host-pathogen protein-protein interactions for the treatment of cervical cancer

M Kori, B Turanli, KY Arga - Frontiers in oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Integrating interaction data with biological knowledge can be a critical approach
for drug development or drug repurposing. In this context, host-pathogen-protein-protein …

Perylene as a controversial antiviral scaffold

VA Alferova, IE Mikhnovets, AA Chistov… - Annual Reports in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pentacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon perylene is an easily derivatizable compound. Antiviral
properties of perylene derivatives and congeners (naturally occurring perylenquinones and …