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ArticleDrug discovery today2020

Vaporization, bioactive formulations and a marine natural product: different perspectives on antivirals.

Thomas J Manning, Jenu Thomas-Richardson, Matthew Cowan, Torien Beard

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Article in Drug discovery today, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Ethanol Inhalation as a Method to Denature the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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  4. Glossary of phytoconstituents: Can these be repurposed against SARS CoV-2? A quick in silico screening of various phytoconstituents from plant Glycyrrhiza glabra with SARS CoV-2 main protease.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas J ManningChemistry, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA. Electronic address: tmanning@valdosta.edu.
Jenu Thomas-RichardsonChemistry, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA.
Matthew CowanChemistry, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA.
Torien BeardChemistry, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA.
Valdosta State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article examines three aspects of antivirals, such as hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and remdesvir, as they might relate to the treatment of a viral infection such as COVID-19: (i) the use of vaporization for the delivery of antivirals, with the bulk constituents having mild antiviral efficacy; (ii) the application of a marine natural product extract as opposed to a single molecule as an antiviral agent; and (iii) a counter intuitive approach to formulation that is, in part, based on delivering multiple species that fall into three categories: building blocks for the virus to accelerate replication; an energy source for the infected cell to boost its immune response; and the species that antagonize or provide toxicity to the virus.

Indexed as

Adenosine MonophosphateAlanineAntiviral AgentsAquatic OrganismsBiological ProductsChloroquineCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Drug CompoundingHumansHydroxychloroquineModels, MolecularPandemicsPneumonia, ViralVolatilizationAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAntiviral AgentsBiological ProductsChloroquineHydroxychloroquineremdesivir

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PMID32325124
PMCPMC7169894
OpenAlexW3017232263

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