Current trends in computer aided drug design and a highlight of drugs discovered via computational techniques: A review

VT Sabe, T Ntombela, LA Jhamba… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Computer-aided drug design (CADD) is one of the pivotal approaches to contemporary pre-
clinical drug discovery, and various computational techniques and software programs are …

Progress in molecular docking

J Fan, A Fu, L Zhang - Quantitative Biology, 2019 - Springer
Background In recent years, since the molecular docking technique can greatly improve the
efficiency and reduce the research cost, it has become a key tool in computer-assisted drug …

PoseBusters: AI-based docking methods fail to generate physically valid poses or generalise to novel sequences

M Buttenschoen, GM Morris, CM Deane - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The last few years have seen the development of numerous deep learning-based protein–
ligand docking methods. They offer huge promise in terms of speed and accuracy. However …

SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes

A Waterhouse, M Bertoni, S Bienert… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Homology modelling has matured into an important technique in structural biology,
significantly contributing to narrowing the gap between known protein sequences and …

A molecular modeling approach to identify effective antiviral phytochemicals against the main protease of SARS-CoV-2

R Islam, MR Parves, AS Paul, N Uddin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 is one of the important targets to design and develop
antiviral drugs. In this study, we have selected 40 antiviral phytochemicals to find out the …

Network pharmacology and molecular docking analysis on molecular targets and mechanisms of Huashi Baidu formula in the treatment of COVID-19

Q Tao, J Du, X Li, J Zeng, B Tan, J Xu… - Drug development and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Purpose Huashi Baidu formula (HSBDF) was developed to treat the patients with
severe COVID-19 in China. The purpose of this study was to explore its active compounds …

Identification of potent inhibitors of NEK7 protein using a comprehensive computational approach

M Aziz, SA Ejaz, N Tamam, F Siddique, N Riaz… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
NIMA related Kinases (NEK7) plays an important role in spindle assembly and mitotic
division of the cell. Over expression of NEK7 leads to the progression of different cancers …

Potential of curcumin in skin disorders

L Vollono, M Falconi, R Gaziano, F Iacovelli, E Dika… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Curcumin is a compound isolated from turmeric, a plant known for its medicinal use.
Recently, there is a growing interest in the medical community in identifying novel, low-cost …

Tackling antibiotic resistance with compounds of natural origin: A comprehensive review

FJ Álvarez-Martínez, E Barrajón-Catalán, V Micol - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to human health worldwide. Current antibiotics
are losing efficacy and new antimicrobial agents are urgently needed. Living organisms are …

A review of network-based approaches to drug repositioning

M Lotfi Shahreza, N Ghadiri, SR Mousavi… - Briefings in …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Experimental drug development is time-consuming, expensive and limited to a relatively
small number of targets. However, recent studies show that repositioning of existing drugs …