[HTML][HTML] Molecular modeling identification of potential drug candidates from selected African plants against SARS-CoV-2 key druggable proteins

JO Uhomoibhi, KA Idowu, FO Shode, S Sabiu - Scientific African, 2022 - Elsevier
… -2 drugs and used a computational structure-activity relationship approach with emphasis
on 99 plant secondary metabolites from selected eight African medicinal plants with proven …

Anti-cancer drug discovery and development in Brazil: targeted plant collection as a rational strategy to acquire candidate anti-cancer compounds

DRA Mans, AB Rocha, G Schwartsmann - The oncologist, 2000 - academic.oup.com
… proven its value for the development of novel drugs: natural products [11-13]. … candidate
compounds which have more “drug-like” properties (ie, in terms of absorption and metabolism) …

Ethnobotany and the role of plant natural products in antibiotic drug discovery

G Porras, F Chassagne, JT Lyles, L Marquez… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… of drugs that target bacterial virulence, a nonessential cellular process. Antivirulence drug
candidates … Xanthones, represented as the C 6 –C 1 –C 6 system, are secondary metabolites

Computer aided drug design studies in the discovery of secondary metabolites targeted against age-related neurodegenerative diseases

L Scotti, M Tullius Scotti - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
metabolites from medicinal plants have been isolated. These are likely to provide lead
compounds for new drugs, … Parveen and coworkers when searching for potential drug candidates

Biotechnological approaches in the production of plant secondary metabolites for treating human viral diseases: Prospects and challenges

M Mahmoudieh, MR Naghavi, ZM Sobri… - Biocatalysis and …, 2024 - Elsevier
… such as plant-based drugs. The integration of secondary metabolites (SMs) produced by
plants … Several studies have highlighted evidence supporting the use of plant-based drugs in …

Potential antimalarial candidates from African plants: an in vitro approach using Plasmodium falciparum

SA Khalid, A Farouk, TG Geary, JB Jensen - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1986 - Elsevier
… and by differences in innate drug sensitivity among the … a variety of secondary plant metabolites
display antimalarial … present in a number of plants reputed in African traditional medicine …

Pharmacological potential of fungal endophytes associated with medicinal plants: A review

BS Adeleke, OO Babalola - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
… fungal bioactive metabolites from medicinal plants and their … from endophytic fungi stand a
chance as suitable candidates for … and high demand for nontoxic drugs have diversified in the …

Role of polyphenols and flavonoids as anti-cancer drug candidates: A review

MM Hegde, K Lakshman - Pharmacognosy Research, 2023 - phcogres.com
… Natural drug-based chemotherapeutic have advanced at an unprecedented rate over the …
clinical implications in malignancies amongst other plant metabolites. It is widely debated how …

Plant-derived polyphenols in human health: Biological activity, metabolites and putative molecular targets

M Olivares-Vicente, E Barrajon-Catalan… - … drug metabolism, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
metabolites on selected protein targets, in combination with the use of the candidate metabolites
… effective polyphenolic extracts or new drug candidates for pharmaceutical uses. Finally, …

Will natural products remain an important source of drug research for the future?

LJ Nisbet, M Moore - Current opinion in biotechnology, 1997 - Elsevier
metabolites that organisms such as microbes and plants have evolved, largely for the purpose
of their own survival, has historically proved of immense benefit in drugdrug candidates