Potential of Essential Oil-Based Anticholinesterase Insecticides against Anopheles Vectors: A Review

TA Rants'o, LL Koekemoer, JL Panayides, RL van Zyl - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The insect nervous system is critical for its functional integrity. The cholinergic system, of
which acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a key enzyme, is essential to the Anopheles …

Bisbenzylisoquinolines from Cissampelos pareira L. as antimalarial agents: Molecular docking, pharmacokinetics analysis, and molecular dynamic simulation studies

PS Suresh, V Kesarwani, S Kumari, R Shankar… - … Biology and Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Malaria is a major global health issue due to the emergence of resistance to most of the
available antimalarial drugs. There is an urgent need to discover new antimalarials to tackle …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring marine-derived compounds: In silico discovery of selective ketohexokinase (KHK) inhibitors for metabolic disease therapy

MS Alturki - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
The increasing prevalence of metabolic diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD), obesity, and type 2 diabetes, poses significant global health challenges …

Beyond trial and error: Leveraging advanced software for Therapeutic discovery

V Rustagi, SRR Gupta, A Singh… - Chemical Biology …, 2025 - pubs.thesciencein.org
In drug discovery, efficiency and precision are crucial elements that play pivotal roles in
saving lives, time, and financial resources while pursuing groundbreaking advancements …

High-throughput virtual screening of phenylpyrimidine derivatives as selective JAK3 antagonists using computational methods

A Faris, IM Ibrahim, H Hadni… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we used phenylpyrimidine derivatives with known biological activity against
JAK3, a critical tyrosine kinase enzyme involved in signaling pathways, to find similar …

A poly (caprolactone)-cellulose nanocomposite hydrogel for transdermal delivery of hydrocortisone in treating psoriasis vulgaris

PPD Kondiah, TA Rants'o, S Mdanda, LM Mohlomi… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Psoriasis vulgaris (PV) is a common chronic disease, affecting much of the population.
Hydrocortisone (HCT) is currently utilized as a PV treatment; however, it is associated with …

In vitro and in silico analysis of the Anopheles anticholinesterase activity of terpenoids

TA Rants'o, LL Koekemoer, RL van Zyl - Parasitology International, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Anopheles gambiae, An. coluzzii, An. arabiensis, and An. funestus are major
vectors in high malaria endemic African regions. Various terpenoid classes form the main …

A Micro-In-Macro Gastroretentive System for the Delivery of Narrow-Absorption Window Drugs

M Govender, TA Rants'o, YE Choonara - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
A micro-in-macro gastroretentive and gastrofloatable drug delivery system (MGDDS), loaded
with the model-drug ciprofloxacin, was developed in this study to address the limitations …

Identification of DprE1 inhibitors for tuberculosis through integrated in-silico approaches

S Dash, E Rathi, A Kumar, K Chawla, SG Kini - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Decaprenylphosphoryl-β-D-ribose-2′-epimerase (DprE1), a crucial enzyme in the
process of arabinogalactan and lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis, has become the target of …

The in silico and in vitro analysis of donepezil derivatives for Anopheles acetylcholinesterase inhibition

TA Rants'o, DG van Greunen, CJ van der Westhuizen… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Current studies on Anopheles anticholinesterase insecticides are focusing on identifying
agents with high selectivity towards Anopheles over mammalian targets …