Manidipine is not a potential inhibitor against SARS-CoV-2 main protease

R Zhang, J Zhou, H Yan, X Liu, C Shang… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection highlights an urgent need …

Dipyridamole, chloroquine, montelukast sodium, candesartan, oxytetracycline, and atazanavir are not SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors

C Ma, J Wang - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Li et al.(1) recently report the discovery of 16 Food and Drug Administration–approved drugs
as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease (M pro) …

Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors using a novel cell-based assay

W Cao, CCD Cho, ZZ Geng, N Shaabani… - ACS central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As an essential enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, main protease (MPro) triggers acute toxicity to its
human cell host, an effect that can be alleviated by an MPro inhibitor. Using this toxicity …

Cellular activities of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors reveal their unique characteristics

W Cao, CCD Cho, ZZ Geng, XR Ma, R Allen… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
As an essential enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen of COVID-19, main protease (MPro)
triggers acute toxicity to its human cell host, an effect that can be alleviated by an MPro …

Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors using an optimized FRET-based high-throughput screening assay

G Yan, D Li, H Qi, Z Fu, X Liu, J Zhang… - Sheng wu Gong Cheng …, 2022 - europepmc.org
For rapid discovery of novel SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) inhibitors, an optimized
fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based high-throughput screening (HTS) …

Reframing quercetin as a promiscuous inhibitor against SARS-CoV-2 main protease

H Yan, R Zhang, X Liu, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Traditional Chinese medicine has made contributions to the treatment of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) because of its favorable efficacy, such as Huashi Baidu decoction …

A small molecule compound with an indole moiety inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication

S Hattori, N Higashi-Kuwata, H Hayashi, SR Allu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Except remdesivir, no specific antivirals for SARS-CoV-2 infection are currently available.
Here, we characterize two small-molecule-compounds, named GRL-1720 and 5h …

In vitro inhibition and molecular docking of a new ciprofloxacin‐chalcone against SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease

R Alaaeldin, M Mustafa… - Fundamental & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background/Aim SARS‐CoV‐2 is one of the coronavirus families that emerged at
the end of 2019. It infected the respiratory system and caused a pandemic worldwide …

Recent advances in SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: from nirmatrelvir to future perspectives

A Citarella, A Dimasi, D Moi, D Passarella, A Scala… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main protease (Mpro) plays a pivotal role in the replication of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and is considered a highly conserved viral target …

Quinazolinone-Peptido-Nitrophenyl-Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease

HNH Giang, FP Chou, CY Chen, SC Chou, SC Huang… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 main protease (SARS-CoV-2-Mpro)
plays an essential role in viral replication, transcription, maturation, and entry into host cells …