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ReviewHeliyon2020

Study of the structural, chemical descriptors and optoelectronic properties of the drugs Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin.

G W Ejuh, C Fonkem, Y Tadjouteu Assatse, R A Yossa Kamsi, Tchangnwa Nya, L P Ndukum, J M B Ndjaka

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Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

G W EjuhUniversity of Bamenda, National Higher Polytechnic Institute, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, P. O. Box 39 Bambili, Cameroon.
C FonkemUniversity of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon.
Y Tadjouteu AssatseUniversity of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon.
R A Yossa KamsiUniversity of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon.
Tchangnwa NyaUniversity of Maroua, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 814 Maroua, Cameroon.
L P NdukumUniversity of Bamenda, National Higher Polytechnic Institute, Department of Computer Engineering, P. O. Box 39 Bambili, Cameroon.
J M B NdjakaUniversity of Yaoundé I, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 812 Yaounde, Cameroon.
Université de Yaoundé I · CMUniversité de Dschang · CMUniversity of Bamenda · CMUniversity of Maroua · CM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Density functional theory (DFT) was performed in order to predict the structural, chemical descriptors and optoelectronic properties of the drugs Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin using the wB97XD, O3LYP and B3LYP functional with 6-31+G(d,p) basis set. It is observed from our studies that most of the descriptors presented show association with some processes, including absorption, blood-brain barrier transport, binding and even toxicity. Hence, the treatment of COVID-19 using Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in some patients as single dose and their combination in patients with Corona virus resistance can be more effective. Our results show that these therapeutic molecules may also have good nonlinear optical applications, may have semiconductor character with wide band gap and can also be promising materials in the production of optoelectronic devices. The density of states and thermodynamic properties were equally determined.

Indexed as

AzithromycinChemical descriptorsCOVID-19HydroxychloroquineNonlinear optical applicationOptoelectronic devicesPharmaceutical chemistry

Identifiers

PMID32802983
PMCPMC7417266
OpenAlexW3047753586

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