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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Antiviral Efficacy of Selected Natural Phytochemicals against SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Using Structure-Based Drug Designing.

Bandar Hamad Aloufi, Mejdi Snoussi, Abdel Moneim E Sulieman

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bandar Hamad AloufiDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, P.O. Box 2440, Ha'il 2440, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3387-9034
Mejdi SnoussiDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, P.O. Box 2440, Ha'il 2440, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2309-2601
Abdel Moneim E SuliemanDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, P.O. Box 2440, Ha'il 2440, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9202-6624
University of Ha'il · SAUniversity of Monastir · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is a highly virulent coronavirus that first surfaced in late 2019 and has since created a pandemic of the acute respiratory sickness known as "coronavirus disease 2019" (COVID-19), posing a threat to human health and public safety. S-RBD is a coronaviral protein that is essential for a coronavirus (CoV) to bind and penetrate into host cells. As a result, it has become a popular pharmacological target. The goal of this study was to find potential candidates for anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) drugs by targeting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) S-RBD with novel bioactive compounds and molecular interaction studies of 15,000 phytochemicals belonging to different flavonoid subgroups. A spike protein crystal structure attached to the ACE2 structure was obtained from the PDB database. A library of 15,000 phytochemicals was made by collecting compounds from different databases, such as the Zinc-database, PubChem-database, and MPD3-database. This library was docked against a receptor binding domain of a spike glycoprotein through the Molecular Operating Environment (MOE). The top drug candidates Phylloflavan, Milk thistle, Ilexin B and Isosilybin B, after virtual screening, were selected on the basis of the least binding score. Phylloflavan ranked as the top compound because of its least binding affinity score of -14.09 kcal/mol. In silico studies showed that all those compounds showed good activity and could be used as an immunological response with no bioavailability issues. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and a toxicological analysis were conducted through SwissADME. Stability and effectiveness of the docked complexes were elucidated by performing the 100 ns molecular dynamic simulation through the Desmond package.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentPhytochemicalsSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntiviral AgentsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingSARS-CoV-2Small Molecule LibrariesAntiviral AgentsPhytochemicalsSmall Molecule LibrariesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2drug targetsmolecular dockingmolecular dynamic simulationphytochemicalsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35458599
PMCPMC9025634
OpenAlexW4224234312

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