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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Galangal-Cinnamon Spice Mixture Blocks the Coronavirus Infection Pathway through Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 M

Doaa G El-Hosari, Wesam M Hussein, Marwa O Elgendy, Sara O Elgendy, Ahmed R N Ibrahim, Alzhraa M Fahmy, Afnan Hassan, Fatma Alzahraa Mokhtar, Modather F Hussein, Mohamed E A Abdelrahim and 1 more

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Doaa G El-HosariPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2679-8976
Wesam M HusseinPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt.
Marwa O ElgendyDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62521, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-5466-0552
Sara O ElgendyClinical and Chemical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62521, Egypt.
Ahmed R N IbrahimDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia.
Alzhraa M FahmyTropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62521, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7243-3006
Afnan HassanBiomedical Sciences Program, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo 12578, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8434-4449
Fatma Alzahraa MokhtarDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, El Saleheya El Gadida University, El Saleheya El Gadida 44813, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6909-7440
Modather F HusseinChemistry Department, Collage of Science, Jouf University, P.O. Box 2014, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3664-2745
Mohamed E A AbdelrahimClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62521, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0227-8404
Eman G HaggagPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-4424-160X
Beni-Suef University · EGHelwan University · EGAl-Azhar University · EGKing Khalid University · SAZewail City of Science and Technology · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural products such as domestic herbal drugs which are easily accessible and cost-effective can be used as a complementary treatment in mild and moderate COVID-19 cases. This study aimed to detect and describe the efficiency of phenolics detected in the galangal-cinnamon mixture in the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2's different protein targets. The potential antiviral effect of galangal-cinnamon aqueous extract (GCAE) against Low Pathogenic HCoV-229E was assessed using cytopathic effect inhibition assay and the crystal violet method. Low Pathogenic HCoV-229E was used as it is safer for in vitro laboratory experimentation and due to the conformation and the binding pockets similarity between HCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2 M

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antiviral assaygalangal–cinnamon aqueous extractphenolic compoundsquantum-chemical methodsSARS-CoV-2 MPro

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PMID37895849
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