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ArticleVirology2022

Azadirachta indica A. Juss bark extract and its Nimbin isomers restrict β-coronaviral infection and replication.

Lucky Sarkar, Lauren Oko, Soham Gupta, Andrew N Bubak, Bishnu Das, Parna Gupta, Abass Alao Safiriyu, Chirag Singhal, Ujjwal Neogi, David Bloom and 8 more

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Article in Virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Lucky SarkarDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, India.
Lauren OkoDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Soham GuptaThe Systems Virology Lab, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Andrew N BubakDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Bishnu DasDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, India.
Parna GuptaDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, India.
Abass Alao SafiriyuDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, India.
Chirag SinghalDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, India.
Ujjwal NeogiThe Systems Virology Lab, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
David BloomDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Arup BanerjeeLaboratory of Virology, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, and Translational Health Science & Technology Institute Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Ravi MahalingamDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Randall J CohrsDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Michael KovalDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Kenneth S ShindlerDepartments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Debnath PalDepartment of Computational and Data Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Karnataka, 560012, India.
Maria NagelDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Jayasri Das SarmaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, India; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: dassarmaj@iiserkol.ac.in.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome pose a challenge for vaccine development and antiviral therapy. The antiviral efficacy of Azadirachta indica bark extract (NBE) was assessed against SARS-CoV-2 and m-CoV-RSA59 infection. Effects of in vivo intranasal or oral NBE administration on viral load, inflammatory response, and histopathological changes were assessed in m-CoV-RSA59-infection. NBE administered inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and m-CoV-RSA59 infection and replication in vitro, reducing Envelope and Nucleocapsid gene expression. NBE ameliorates neuroinflammation and hepatitis in vivo by restricting viral replication and spread. Isolated fractions of NBE enriched in Nimbin isomers shows potent inhibition of m-CoV-RSA59 infection in vitro. In silico studies revealed that NBE could target Spike and RdRp of m-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 with high affinity. NBE has a triterpenoids origin that may allow them to competitively target panoply of viral proteins to inhibit mouse and different strains of human coronavirus infections, suggesting its potential as an antiviral against pan-β-Coronaviruses.

Indexed as

AzadirachtaCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentAnimalsAntiviral AgentsLimoninsMicePlant BarkPlant ExtractsSARS-CoV-2Virus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsLimoninsnimbinPlant ExtractsAntiviralAzadirachtaindica A. Juss (Neem bark extract)Beta-coronavirusEpinimbin/NimbinInhibitor of viral entry and spreadm-CoV-MHV-A59/RSA59RdRp (RNA dependant RNA polymerase)SARS-CoV-2Virus spike protein

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PMID35219218
PMCPMC8844965

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