Potential COVID‐19 therapeutic approaches targeting angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2; an updated review

S Zanganeh, N Goodarzi, M Doroudian… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 has spread swiftly throughout the world posing a global health emergency. The
significant numbers of deaths attributed to this pandemic have researchers battling to …

Molecular docking as a potential approach in repurposing drugs against COVID-19: A systematic review and novel pharmacophore models

M Fadlalla, M Ahmed, M Ali, AA Elshiekh… - Current Pharmacology …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This article provides a review of the recent literature related to
the FDA-approved drugs that had been repurposed as potential drug candidates against …

Vanillin-based indolin-2-one derivative bearing a pyridyl moiety as a promising anti-breast cancer agent via anti-estrogenic activity

O Bender, I Celik, R Dogan, A Atalay, ME Shoman… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The structure-based design introduced indoles as an essential motif in designing new
selective estrogen receptor modulators employed for treating breast cancer. Therefore, here …

High-throughput virtual screening of drug databanks for potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

IE Awad, AAAA Abu-Saleh, S Sharma… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
COVID-19, which is caused by a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, has spread
rapidly around the world, and it has infected more than 29 million individuals as recorded on …

Drug repurposing of itraconazole and estradiol benzoate against COVID‐19 by blocking SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein‐mediated membrane fusion

C Yang, X Pan, Y Huang, C Cheng, X Xu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 caused the emerging epidemic of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID‐19).
To date, there are more than 82.9 million confirmed cases worldwide, there is no clinically …

Interaction mechanism of a pesticide, Azoxystrobin with bovine serum albumin: Assessments through fluorescence, UV–Vis absorption, electrochemical and molecular …

C Erkmen, I Celik - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current study's objective was to investigate how an antifungal pesticide Azoxystrobin
(AZO) interacts with bovine serum albumin (BSA) under conditions that simulate a …

Resveratrol and Its Natural Analogues Inhibit RNA Dependant RNA Polymerase (RdRp) of Rhizopus oryzae in Mucormycosis through Computational Investigations

I Celik, M Rudrapal, PK Yadalam… - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mucormycosis (or black fungus infection) is a life-threatening, but rare fungal infection with
predominant occurrence in immunosuppressed patients following the SARS-CoV-2 …

Methylxanthines as potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2: An in silico approach

R Rolta, D Salaria, B Sharma, O Awofisayo… - Current Pharmacology …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to test the binding affinity of methylxanthines
(caffeine/theine, methylxanthine, theobromine, theophylline and xanthine) to three potential …

The effect of various compounds on the COVID mechanisms, from chemical to molecular aspects

S Mahmoudi, MM Dehkordi, MH Asgarshamsi - Biophysical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus that caused COVID-19 pandemic is SARS-CoV-2. Although various
vaccines are currently being used to prevent the disease's severe consequences, there is …

[HTML][HTML] In-silico study for the identification of potential destabilizers between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and human ACE-2

J Medina-Barandica, N Contreras-Puentes… - Informatics in Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the disease known as COVID-
19, has generated a pandemic that has plunged the world into a health crisis. The infection …