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ArticleJournal of molecular graphics & modelling2021

Ensemble-based screening of natural products and FDA-approved drugs identified potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 that work with two distinct mechanisms.

Daniel M Shadrack, Geradius Deogratias, Lucy W Kiruri, Hulda S Swai, John-Mary Vianney, Stephen S Nyandoro

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Article in Journal of molecular graphics & modelling, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel M ShadrackDepartment of Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Science and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O.Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, St John's University of Tanzania, P.O.Box 47, Dodoma, Tanzania. Electronic address: mshadrack@sjut.ac.tz.
Geradius DeogratiasChemistry Department, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Materials and Energy Science and Engineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O.Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
Lucy W KiruriDepartment of Chemistry, P.O.Box 43844-00100, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Hulda S SwaiDepartment of Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Science and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O.Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
John-Mary VianneyDepartment of Health and Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Science and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, P.O.Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
Stephen S NyandoroChemistry Department, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Electronic address: nyandoro@udsm.ac.tz.
Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology · TZUniversity of Dar es Salaam · TZKenyatta University · KESt. John's University of Tanzania · TZ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for high morbidity and mortality rate across the globe. This requires an urgent identification of drugs and other interventions to overcome this pandemic. Computational drug repurposing represents an alternative approach to provide a more effective approach in search for COVID-19 drugs. Selected natural product known to have antiviral activities were screened, and based on their hits; a similarity search with FDA approved drugs was performed using computational methods. Obtained drugs from similarity search were assessed for their stability and inhibition against SARS-CoV-2 targets. Diosmin (DB08995) was found to be a promising drug that works with two distinct mechanisms, preventing viral replication and viral fusion into the host cell. Isoquercetin (DB12665) and rutin (DB01698) work by inhibiting viral replication and preventing cell entry, respectively. Our analysis based on molecular dynamics simulation and MM-PBSA binding free energy calculation suggests that diosmin, isoquercetin, rutin and other similar flavone glycosides could serve as SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor, hence an alternative solution to treat COVID-19 upon further clinical validation.

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Biological ProductsCOVID-19Pharmaceutical PreparationsAntiviral AgentsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationSARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsBiological ProductsPharmaceutical PreparationsCOVID-19Docking screeningFree energy calculationMD simulationNatural productsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33684603
PMCPMC7901283
OpenAlexW3130452239

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