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ReviewRomanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie

Natural and semisynthetic candidate molecules for COVID-19 prophylaxis and treatment.

Andrei Biţă, Ion Romulus Scorei, Laurenţiu Mogoantă, Cornelia Bejenaru, George Dan Mogoşanu, Ludovic Everard Bejenaru

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Review in Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. New Insights into Boron Essentiality in Humans and Animals.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    Review
  2. Boron-containing compounds in Dentistry: a narrative review.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
    Review
  3. Letter to the Editor: Boron enhances the antiviral activity of the curcumin against SARS-CoV-2.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Andrei BiţăBioBoron Research Institute, S.C. Natural Research S.R.L., Podari, Dolj County, Romania; romulus_ion@yahoo.com.
Ion Romulus Scorei
Laurenţiu Mogoantă
Cornelia Bejenaru
George Dan Mogoşanu
Ludovic Everard Bejenaru

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronaviruses (CoVs) represent a family of viruses that have numerous animal hosts, and they cause severe respiratory, as well as systemic and enteric infections, in humans. Currently, there are limited antiviral strategies for treating patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The lack of specific antiviral medicines and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines continues to aggravate the situation. Natural product-based antiviral drugs have been used in the two previous CoV outbreaks: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and the first SARS-CoV. This review emphasizes the role of natural and semisynthetic candidate molecules for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prophylaxis and treatment. The experimental evidence suggests that nature could offer huge possibilities for treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAnimalsAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Antiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID33544784
PMCPMC7864303

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