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ReviewBioorganic chemistry2021

Drug repurposing for the treatment of COVID-19: Pharmacological aspects and synthetic approaches.

Pedro N Batalha, Luana S M Forezi, Carolina G S Lima, Fernanda P Pauli, Fernanda C S Boechat, Maria Cecília B V de Souza, Anna C Cunha, Vitor F Ferreira, Fernando de C da Silva

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Review in Bioorganic chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Indomethacin-based PROTACs as pan-coronavirus antiviral agents.European journal of medicinal chemistry · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pedro N BatalhaUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: pedrobatalha@id.uff.br.
Luana S M ForeziUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Carolina G S LimaUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Fernanda P PauliUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Fernanda C S BoechatUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Maria Cecília B V de SouzaUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Anna C CunhaUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Vitor F FerreiraUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Faculdade de Farmácia, Departamento de Tecnologia Farmacêutica, CEP 24241-000 Niterói, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: vitorferreira@id.uff.br.
Fernando de C da SilvaUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, CEP 24020-150 Niterói, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: fcsilva@id.uff.br.
Universidade Federal Fluminense · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In December 2019, a new variant of SARS-CoV emerged, the so-called acute severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus causes the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and has been plaguing the world owing to its unprecedented spread efficiency, which has resulted in a huge death toll. In this sense, the repositioning of approved drugs is the fastest way to an effective response to a pandemic outbreak of this scale. Considering these facts, in this review we provide a comprehensive and critical discussion on the chemical aspects surrounding the drugs currently being studied as candidates for COVID-19 therapy. We intend to provide the general chemical community with an overview on the synthetic/biosynthetic pathways related to such molecules, as well as their mechanisms of action against the evaluated viruses and some insights on the pharmacological interactions involved in each case. Overall, the review aims to present the chemical aspects of the main bioactive molecules being considered to be repositioned for effective treatment of COVID-19 in all phases, from the mildest to the most severe.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug RepositioningAnimalsAntiviral AgentsCell Line, TumorClinical Trials as TopicCOVID-19Enzyme InhibitorsHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsCoronavirusOrganic synthesisSARS-CoV-2Small moleculesTherapy

Identifiers

PMID33261844
PMCPMC7676325
OpenAlexW3102446254

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