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ArticleBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2023

A potential host and virus targeting tool against COVID-19: Chemical characterization, antiviral, cytoprotective, antioxidant, respiratory smooth muscle relaxant effects of Paulownia tomentosa Steud.

Fabio Magurano, Matteo Micucci, Domenico Nuzzo, Melissa Baggieri, Pasquale Picone, Silvia Gioacchini, Raoul Fioravanti, Paola Bucci, Maedeh Kojouri, Michele Mari and 11 more

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Article in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Fabio MaguranoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.magurano@iss.it.
Matteo MicucciDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Piazza Rinascimento 6, 61029 Urbino, PU, Italy.
Domenico NuzzoIstituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Melissa BaggieriDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Pasquale PiconeIstituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica, CNR, via U. La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy.
Silvia GioacchiniDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Raoul FioravantiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Paola BucciDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Maedeh KojouriDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Michele MariDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Piazza Rinascimento 6, 61029 Urbino, PU, Italy.
Michele RetiniDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Piazza Rinascimento 6, 61029 Urbino, PU, Italy.
Roberta BudriesiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Food Chemistry and Nutraceutical Lab, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Laura Beatrice MattioliDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Food Chemistry and Nutraceutical Lab, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Ivan CorazzaDepartment of Specialistic, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Valentina Di LibertoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Luigi TodaroScuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
Roberto GiuseppettiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Emilio D'UgoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Antonella MarchiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy.
Marisabel MeccaDipartimento di Scienze, Università della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
Maurizio D'AuriaDipartimento di Scienze, Università della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITUniversity of Basilicata · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Urbino · ITInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly emerging infectious disease that spread across the world, caused by the novel coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Despite the advancements in science that led to the creation of the vaccine, there is still an urgent need for new antiviral drugs effective against SARS-CoV-2. This study aimed to investigate the antiviral effect of Paulownia tomentosa Steud extract against SARS-CoV-2 and to evaluate its antioxidant properties, including respiratory smooth muscle relaxant effects. Our results showed that P. tomentosa extract can inhibit viral replication by directly interacting with both the 3-chymotrypsin-like protease and spike protein. In addition, the phyto complex does not reduce lung epithelial cell viability and exerts a protective action in those cells damaged by tert-butyl hydroperoxide , a toxic agent able to alter cells' functions via increased oxidative stress. These data suggest the potential role of P. tomentosa extract in COVID-19 treatment, since this extract is able to act both as an antiviral and a cytoprotective agent in vitro.

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COVID-19AntioxidantsAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentHumansMuscle, SmoothPlant ExtractsSARS-CoV-2AntioxidantsAntiviral AgentsPlant ExtractsAntioxydantAntiviralCOVID-19Paulownia tomentosa Steud extractPhytocomplexSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID36495668
PMCPMC9721285
OpenAlexW4312085264

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