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ArticleJournal of biomolecular structure & dynamics2022

Antitussive noscapine and antiviral drug conjugates as arsenal against COVID-19: a comprehensive chemoinformatics analysis.

Neeraj Kumar, Amardeep Awasthi, Anchala Kumari, Damini Sood, Pallavi Jain, Taru Singh, Neera Sharma, Abhinav Grover, Ramesh Chandra

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Article in Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Neeraj KumarDrug Discovery & Development Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Amardeep AwasthiDrug Discovery & Development Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Anchala KumariSchool of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.
Damini SoodDrug Discovery & Development Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Pallavi JainDepartment of Chemistry, SRM-IST, NCR Campus, Ghaziabad, India.
Taru SinghMicrobiology, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Neera SharmaDrug Discovery & Development Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Abhinav GroverSchool of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.
Ramesh ChandraDrug Discovery & Development Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
University of Delhi · INJawaharlal Nehru University · INInstitut Supérieur de Technique Médicale · CDUniversity College of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus pandemic has caused a vast number of deaths worldwide. Thus creating an urgent need to develop effective counteragents against novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Many antiviral drugs have been repurposed for treatment but implicated minimal recovery, which further advanced the need for clearer insights and innovation to derive effective therapeutics. Strategically, Noscapine, an approved antitussive drug with positive effects on lung linings may show favorable outcomes synergistically with antiviral drugs in trials. Hence, we have theoretically examined the combinatorial drug therapy by culminating the existing experimental results with

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Antitussive AgentsCOVID-19NoscapineAntiviral AgentsCheminformaticsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationProtease InhibitorsSARS-CoV-2Antitussive AgentsAntiviral AgentsNoscapineProtease Inhibitorsmain protease enzyme coronavirusmolecular dynamics simulationnoscapine conjugatesSARS-CoV-2

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PMID32815796
PMCPMC7484584
OpenAlexW3081237047

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