Nanoparticles of Natural Product-derived Medicines: Beyond the Pandemic
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(4), P. e42739 - e42739
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
This
review
explores
the
synergistic
potential
of
natural
products
and
nanotechnology
for
viral
infections,
highlighting
key
antiviral,
immunomodulatory,
antioxidant
properties
to
combat
pandemics
caused
by
highly
infectious
viruses.
These
often
result
in
severe
public
health
crises,
particularly
affecting
vulnerable
populations
due
respiratory
complications
increased
mortality
rates.
A
cytokine
storm
is
initiated
when
an
overload
pro-inflammatory
cytokines
chemokines
released,
leading
a
systemic
inflammatory
response.
Viral
mutations
limited
availability
effective
drugs,
vaccines,
therapies
contribute
continuous
transmission
virus.
The
coronavirus
disease-19
(COVID-19)
pandemic
has
sparked
renewed
interest
product-derived
antivirals.
efficacy
traditional
medicines
against
infections
examined.
Their
anti-inflammatory,
are
highlighted.
discusses
how
enhances
herbal
combating
infections.
Language: Английский
Computational evaluation and benchmark study of 342 crystallographic holo-structures of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro enzyme
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: June 20, 2024
Abstract
The
coronavirus
disease
19
pandemic,
caused
by
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
2
(SARS-CoV-2),
has
led
to
a
global
health
crisis
with
millions
of
confirmed
cases
and
related
deaths.
main
protease
(Mpro)
SARS-CoV-2
is
crucial
for
viral
replication
presents
an
attractive
target
drug
development.
Despite
the
approval
some
drugs,
search
effective
treatments
continues.
In
this
study,
we
systematically
evaluated
342
holo-crystal
structures
Mpro
identify
optimal
conformations
structure-based
virtual
screening
(SBVS).
Our
analysis
revealed
limited
structural
flexibility
among
structures.
Three
docking
programs,
AutoDock
Vina,
rDock,
Glide
were
employed
assess
efficiency
screening,
revealing
diverse
performances
across
selected
We
found
that
5RHE,
7DDC,
7DPU
(PDB
Ids)
consistently
displayed
lowest
EF,
AUC,
BEDROCK
scores.
Furthermore,
these
demonstrated
worst
pose
prediction
results
in
all
programs.
Two
differences
contribute
variations
performance:
absence
S1
subsite
7DDC
7DPU,
presence
subpocket
S2
5RHE.
These
findings
underscore
importance
selecting
appropriate
SBVS,
providing
valuable
insights
advancing
discovery
efforts.
Language: Английский
Rerouting therapeutic peptides and unlocking their potential against SARS-CoV2
Namrata Prashar,
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Sameer Khairullah MOHAMMED,
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Raja Natesan Sella
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et al.
3 Biotech,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(5)
Published: April 4, 2025
Language: Английский
Thiophene-fused γ-lactams inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main protease via reversible covalent acylation
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(20), P. 7667 - 7678
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Thiophene-fused
γ-lactams
are
reversible
covalent
inhibitors
of
the
SARS-CoV-2
main
protease,
a
nucleophilic
cysteine
enzyme.
γ-Lactams
can
inhibit
enzymes
by
S
-acylation
as
well
serine
O
-acylation.
Language: Английский
Critical assessment of popular biomolecular force fields for molecular dynamics simulations of folding and enzymatic activity of main protease of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
Biophysical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
311, P. 107258 - 107258
Published: May 16, 2024
Language: Английский
Support Enzyme Loading Influences the Effect of Aldehyde Dextran Modification on the Specificity of Immobilized Ficin for Large Proteins
Molecules,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
29(15), P. 3674 - 3674
Published: Aug. 2, 2024
It
has
been
reported
that
the
modification
of
immobilized
glyoxyl-ficin
with
aldehyde
dextran
can
promote
steric
hindrances
greatly
reduce
activity
protease
against
hemoglobin,
while
still
maintained
a
reasonable
level
casein.
In
this
paper,
we
studied
if
effect
may
be
different
depending
on
amount
ficin
loaded
support.
For
purpose,
both
moderately
and
overloaded
biocatalysts
were
prepared
modified
dextran.
While
biocatalyst
had
significantly
reduced
activity,
mainly
was
almost
maintained.
This
suggests
able
to
modify
areas
enzyme
not
available
when
overloaded.
promoted
significant
increase
in
stability
for
biocatalysts,
but
higher
(perhaps
due
combination
inter-
intramolecular
crosslinking).
Language: Английский
Molecular evolutionary analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 through the mutation analysis of Spike, Envelope and RdRp proteins
Genetics & Applications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: June 18, 2024
COVID-19
pandemic,
caused
by
the
Severe
Acute
Respiratory
Syndrome
Coronavirus
2
(SARS-CoV-2),
was
declared
in
2020
World
Health
Organization.
New
mutations
have
been
identified,
leading
to
various
variants
of
this
virus,
including
Alpha,
Beta,
Gamma,
Delta,
and
Omicron,
which
are
classified
as
concern
(VOCs)
raised
considerable
concerns
for
global
public
health.
Such
constant
spread
changes
genome
virus
require
continuous
monitoring.
This
research
focuses
on
evolution
SARS-CoV-2
through
a
detailed
presentation
viral
genome,
protein
structure
interpretation,
with
phylogenetic
characteristics
patterns.
We
obtained
sequence
data
from
European
region
focusing
S,
E,
RdRp
proteins
publicly
available
NCBI
database.
next
used
MEGA11
package
generate
multiple
alignments
create
trees.
The
SWISS-MODEL
server
connected
Protein
Data
Bank
tertiary
images
all
presented
paper.
Stability
studies
were
performed
via
MUpro
online
tool.
results
indicate
substantial
impact
Omicron
variant
relative
others,
particularly
concerning
alterations
observed
spike
(S)
protein,
is
crucial
infection
process.
Language: Английский
Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro by chemically modified tyrosinase from Agaricus bisporus
RSC Medicinal Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
A
novel
antiviral
and
non-cytotoxic
bioconjugate
of
tyrosinase
from
Agaricus
bisporus
(AbTyr)-dextran-aspartic
acid
(6
kDa)
polymer
is
developed.
Language: Английский
Towards the computational design of organic molecules with specified properties
Structural Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 26, 2024
Language: Английский
Towards the discovery of molecules with anti-COVID-19 activity: Relationships between screening and docking results
Kharkov University Bulletin Chemical Series,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
42, P. 6 - 14
Published: June 21, 2024
The
study
presents
the
results
of
a
combined
approach
to
theoretical
description
potential
antiviral
activity
against
COVID-19.
We
found
that
pharmacophore
screening
based
on
limited
experimental
data
"protein-ligand"
binding
complexes
might
have
low
predictive
ability.
Therefore,
in
this
study,
we
build
model
statistical
QSAR
for
obtained
from
docking
which
serves
as
basis
adequate
prediction
ligand
activity.
use
logistic
regression
construct
main
protease
Mpro
inhibitors.
Language: Английский