RETRACTED: Artemisia Extracts and Artemisinin-Based Antimalarials for COVID-19 Management: Could These Be Effective Antivirals for COVID-19 Treatment?

PK Agrawal, C Agrawal, G Blunden - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the world desperately searches for ways to treat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, a growing number of people are turning to herbal remedies. The Artemisia …

Traditional Chinese medicines against COVID-19: a global overview

CL Yao, WL Wei, JQ Zhang, QR Bi, JY Li… - World Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2, continues to be a global concern. Traditional Chinese medicines …

Computational bioprospecting guggulsterone against ADP ribose phosphatase of SARS-CoV-2

M Kciuk, S Mujwar, I Rani, K Munjal, A Gielecińska… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease caused by Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The World Health Organization …

Advocacy for the Medicinal Plant Artabotrys hexapetalus (Yingzhao) and Antimalarial Yingzhaosu Endoperoxides

C Bailly, JP Hénichart - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The medicinal plant Artabotrys hexapetalus (synonyms: A. uncinatus and A. odoratissimus)
is known as yingzhao in Chinese. Extracts of the plant have long been used in Asian folk …

Plants as biofactories for therapeutic proteins and antiviral compounds to combat COVID-19

C England, J TrejoMartinez, P PerezSanchez, U Karki… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had a profound impact on the world's health and …

Current state, strategies, and perspectives in enhancing artemisinin production

AM Zakariya, MZ Saiman, HT Simonsen… - Phytochemistry …, 2024 - Springer
The compound artemisinin is attributed to several biological activities including antimalaria
for which it is popularly known. However, its commercial production is hindered by a low …

The complexity of sesquiterpene chemistry dictates its pleiotropic biologic effects on inflammation

N Arizmendi, SB Alam, K Azyat, D Makeiff, AD Befus… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sesquiterpenes (SQs) are volatile compounds made by plants, insects, and marine
organisms. SQ have a large range of biological properties and are potent inhibitors and …

Dihydroartemisinin-Ursodeoxycholic Bile Acid Hybrids in the Fight against SARS-CoV-2

E Marchesi, V Gentili, D Bortolotti, L Preti… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we propose the molecular hybridization of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and
ursodeoxycholic bile acid (UDCA), approved drugs, for the preparation of antiviral agents …

Chemical and spectroscopic characterization of (Artemisinin/Querctin/Zinc) novel mixed ligand complex with assessment of its potent high antiviral activity against …

SM El-Megharbel, SH Qahl, B Albogami, RZ Hamza - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Abstract A novel Artemisinin/Quercetin/Zinc (Art/Q/Zn) mixed ligand complex was
synthesized, tested for its antiviral activity against coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and …

Targeting proteases involved in the viral replication of SARS-CoV-2 by sesquiterpene lactones from chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

MÁ Ávila-Gálvez, C Rafael-Pita, N Fernández… - Food & Function, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
SARS-CoV-2 is a highly transmissible and pathogenic coronavirus causing a respiratory
disease that emerged in 2019, leading to a public health emergency situation which …