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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Loading of Oregano Oil in Natural Nanogel and Preliminary Studies on Its Antiviral Activity on Betacoronavirus 1.

Lyubomira Radeva, Maya M Zaharieva, Sevda Naydenska, Pelagia Foka, Erini Karamichali, Efthymia Ioanna Koufogeorgou, Urania Georgopoulou, Stanislav Philipov, Alexander Kroumov, Hristo Najdenski and 3 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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13 authors.

Lyubomira RadevaFaculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, 2 Dunav Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-3456-7027
Maya M ZaharievaThe Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-8548-5649
Sevda NaydenskaFaculty of Medicine, Alexandrovska Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Pelagia FokaDepartment of Microbiology, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6888-7678
Erini KaramichaliDepartment of Microbiology, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.
Efthymia Ioanna KoufogeorgouDepartment of Microbiology, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.
Urania GeorgopoulouDepartment of Microbiology, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2784-3695
Stanislav PhilipovDepartment of Human Anatomy, Histology, General and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 2 Kozyak Str., 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-2467-7561
Alexander KroumovThe Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-7945-8289
Hristo NajdenskiThe Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-3221-2545
Ivanka SpassovaInstitute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-6059-9508
Daniela KovachevaInstitute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-1799-0851
Krassimira YonchevaFaculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, 2 Dunav Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-2704-3054

Funding

Bulgarian National Science Fund KП-06-Н53/2-11.11.2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oregano oil was successfully encapsulated into chitosan-albumin nanogel via emulsification and electrostatic gelation. The system was characterized with a mean diameter around 26 nm, narrow size distribution (PDI = 0.242) and approximately 40% encapsulation efficiency. The incorporation of the oil into the nanogel was confirmed by XRD and FTIR analyses, and the dissolution of the oil was enhanced after the encapsulation. Furthermore, the treatment of Betacoronavirus 1 infected bovine kidney MDBK cells with the oregano oil-loaded nanogel (25 µg/mL) showed more than 50% protection against the infection, as compared to the non-treated virus infected control. The cytopathic effect (CPE) of the virus was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner. The system inhibited the virus replication, resulting in a decrease of the viral particles by more than half, as shown by the cytotoxicity and CPE assays. The virus titer in treated and non-treated samples was determined by digital droplet PCR and revealed Δ3 log diminishment of the virus particles in samples treated with 25 µg/mL encapsulated oregano oil. This study is a basis for further investigations on the pharmacodynamics of the nanogel and its possible combinations with clinically applied chemotherapeutics.

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Antiviral AgentsBetacoronavirus 1NanogelsOils, VolatileOriganumPlant OilsAlbuminsAnimalsCattleCell LineChitosanCytopathogenic Effect, ViralSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredVirionVirus ReplicationAlbuminsAntiviral AgentsChitosanNanogelsOils, VolatilePlant Oilsalbuminantiviral activityBetacoronavirus 1chitosannanogeloregano oil

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PMCPMC12073488

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