[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic benefits of Carica papaya: A review on its pharmacological activities and characterization of papain

BA Babalola, AI Akinwande, AA Otunba… - Arabian Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carica papaya, commonly referred to as papaya, is a member of the Caricaceae family,
boasting a diverse array of compounds and biomolecules, notably papain, with significant …

Dual action anti‐inflammatory/antiviral isoquinoline alkaloids as potent naturally occurring anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 agents: A combined pharmacological and medicinal …

M Valipour, A Hosseini, A Di Sotto… - Phytotherapy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the search for compounds that inhibit the SARS‐CoV‐2 after the onset of the COVID‐19
pandemic, isoquinoline‐containing alkaloids have been identified as compounds with high …

Green and efficient one-pot three-component synthesis of novel drug-like furo [2, 3-d] pyrimidines as potential active site inhibitors and putative allosteric hotspots …

H Mousavi, B Zeynizadeh, M Rimaz - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, an environmentally benign, convenient, and efficient one-pot three-component
reaction has been developed for the regioselective synthesis of novel 5-aroyl (or …

Structure-based design of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease inhibitors

P Jadhav, B Huang, J Osipiuk, X Zhang, H Tan… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by SARS-CoV-2, an RNA virus with high transmissibility
and mutation rate. Given the paucity of orally bioavailable antiviral drugs to combat SARS …

An overview on anti-COVID-19 drug achievements and challenges ahead

M Valipour, H Irannejad, H Keyvani - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The appearance of several coronavirus pandemics/epidemics during the last two decades
(SARS-CoV-1 in 2002, MERS-CoV in 2012, and SARS-CoV-2 in 2019) indicates that …

Therapeutic prospects of naturally occurring p38 MAPK inhibitors tanshinone IIA and pinocembrin for the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2‐induced CNS complications

M Valipour - Phytotherapy Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
P38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling pathway is closely related to
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) replication and …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-based biosensors: Next-generation diagnostic tool for target-specific detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

S Mishra, B Aamna, S Parida, AK Dan - Talanta Open, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared a global
pandemic in 2020. Having rapidly spread around the globe, with the emergence of new …

Recruitment of chalcone's potential in drug discovery of a nti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 agents

M Valipour - Phytotherapy Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcone is an interesting scaffold found in the structure of many naturally occurring
molecules. Medicinal chemists are commonly interested in designing new chalcone‐based …

Discovery of Chalcone-Based Hybrid Structures as High Affinity and Site-Specific Inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2: A Comprehensive Structural Analysis Based on …

M Valipour, S Di Giacomo, A Di Sotto… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Previous studies indicated that natural-based chalcones have significant inhibitory effects on
the coronavirus enzymes 3CLpro and PLpro as well as modulation of some host-based …

Recent Applications of Protoberberines as Privileged Starting Materials for the Development of Novel Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Agents: A Concise Review (2017 …

M Valipour, Z Zakeri Khatir, E Abdollahi… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Berberine is a well-known phytochemical with significant antiviral activity against a wide
range of viruses. Due to having a unique backbone consisting of four interconnected rings, it …