ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022
Virofree, an Herbal Medicine-Based Formula, Interrupts the Viral Infection of Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2.
Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Evaluating the antiviral efficacy and specificity of chlorogenic acid and related herbal extracts against SARS-CoV-2 variants via spike protein binding intervention.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2025Article
- Iron metabolism dysregulation and ferroptosis: Emerging drivers in pulmonary fibrosis pathogenesis and therapy.Molecules and cells · 2025Review
- Delivery and adjuvant: liposomes for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.Biotechnologia · 2025Review
- Repair and regeneration: ferroptosis in the process of remodeling and fibrosis in impaired organs.Cell death discovery · 2024Review
- Virofree Associates with the Modulation of Gut Microbiomes and Alleviation of DSS-Induced IBD Symptoms in Mice.ACS omega · 2023Article
- RepurposingViruses · 2023Article
- Ferroptosis in pulmonary fibrosis: an emerging therapeutic target.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Nutrients, herbal bioactive derivatives and commensal microbiota as tools to lower the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a threat with the emergence of new variants, especially Delta and Omicron, without specific effective therapeutic drugs. The infection causes dysregulation of the immune system with a cytokine storm that eventually leads to fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and further irreversible pulmonary fibrosis. Therefore, the promising way to inhibit infection is to disrupt the binding and fusion between the viral spike and the host ACE2 receptor. A transcriptome-based drug screening platform has been developed for COVID-19 to explore the possibility and potential of the long-established drugs or herbal medicines to reverse the unique genetic signature of COVID-19.
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