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ArticleComputational biology and chemistry2022

A multilevel approach for screening natural compounds as an antiviral agent for COVID-19.

Mahdi Vasighi, Julia Romanova, Miroslava Nedyalkova

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Article in Computational biology and chemistry, 2022. 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, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mahdi VasighiDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technology, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), 45137-66731 Zanjan, Iran. Electronic address: vasighi@iasbs.ac.ir.
Julia RomanovaDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria. Electronic address: jromanova23@gmail.com.
Miroslava NedyalkovaDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria; Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. Electronic address: nhmn@chem.uni-sofia.bg.
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences · IRSofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" · BGUniversity of Fribourg · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 has a worldwide spread, which has prompted concerted efforts to find successful drug treatments. Drug design focused on finding antiviral therapeutic agents from plant-derived compounds which may disrupt the attachment of SARS-CoV-2 to host cells is with a pivotal need and role in the last year. Herein, we provide an approach based on drug design methods combined with machine learning approaches to classify and discover inhibitors for COVID-19 from natural products. The spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) was docked with database of 125 ligands. The docking protocol based on several steps was performed within Autodock Vina to identify the high-affinity binding mode and to reveal more insights into interaction between the phytochemicals and the RBD domain. A protein-ligand interaction analyzer has been developed. The drug-likeness properties of explored inhibitors are analyzed in the frame of exploratory data analyses. The developed computational protocol yielded a comprehensive pipeline for predicting the inhibitors to prevent the entry RBD region.

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Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentBiological ProductsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntiviral AgentsBiological ProductsLigandsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Cluster analysesComputer-aided drug designDFTDockingPrincipal component analysis

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PMID35576744
PMCPMC9090871
OpenAlexW4280579159

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