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ReviewCurrent computer-aided drug design2025

Computer-aided Drug Discovery Approaches in the Identification of Anticancer Drugs from Natural Products: A Review.

Muthiah Gnana Ruba Priya, Jessica Manisha, Lal Prasanth Mercy Lazar, Seema Singh Rathore, Viswas Raja Solomon

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Review in Current computer-aided drug design, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Muthiah Gnana Ruba PriyaCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Jessica ManishaDepartment of Pharmacology, Sridevi College of Pharmacy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Lal Prasanth Mercy LazarDM WIMS College of Pharmacy, Wayanad, Kerala, India.
Seema Singh RathoreCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutics, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Viswas Raja SolomonMedicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy, Telangana, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural plant sources are essential in the development of several anticancer drugs, such as vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine, docetaxel, paclitaxel, camptothecin, etoposide, and teniposide. However, various chemotherapies fail due to adverse reactions, drug resistance, and target specificity. Researchers are now focusing on developing drugs that use natural compounds to overcome these issues. These drugs can affect multiple targets, have reduced adverse effects, and are effective against several cancer types. Developing a new drug is a highly complex, expensive, and time-consuming process. Traditional drug discovery methods take up to 15 years for a new medicine to enter the market and cost more than one billion USD. However, recent Computer Aided Drug Discovery (CADD) advancements have changed this situation. This paper aims to comprehensively describe the different CADD approaches in identifying anticancer drugs from natural products. Data from various sources, including Science Direct, Elsevier, NCBI, and Web of Science, are used in this review.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBiological ProductsComputer-Aided DesignDrug DiscoveryNeoplasmsDrug DesignHumansAntineoplastic AgentsBiological Productsanticancerbioinformatics.drug discoveryIn-silico toolsmolecular dockingvirtual screening

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