Recent developments in free energy calculations for drug discovery

E King, E Aitchison, H Li, R Luo - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The grand challenge in structure-based drug design is achieving accurate prediction of
binding free energies. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations enable modeling of …

Pharmacogenetics and precision medicine approaches for the improvement of COVID-19 therapies

M Biswas, N Sawajan, T Rungrotmongkol… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many drugs are being administered to tackle coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic situations without establishing clinical effectiveness or tailoring safety. A …

Design, synthesis, in vitro biological assessment and molecular modeling insights for novel 3-(naphthalen-1-yl)-4, 5-dihydropyrazoles as anticancer agents with …

WM Eldehna, MA El Hassab, ZM Elsayed, T Al-Warhi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Currently, the humanity is in a fierce battle against various health-related challenges
especially those associated with human malignancies. This created the urge to develop …

Identification of sulphonamide-tethered N-((triazol-4-yl)methyl)isatin derivatives as inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease

MH ElNaggar, AA Elgazar, G Gamal… - Journal of enzyme …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the end of 2019 led to profound consequences on global health
and economy. Till producing successful vaccination strategies, the healthcare sectors …

1-Benzyl-5-bromo-3-hydrazonoindolin-2-ones as novel anticancer agents: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling insights

T Al-Warhi, H Almahli, RM Maklad, ZM Elsayed… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human health is experiencing several obstacles in the modern medical era, particularly
cancer. As a result, the cancer therapeutic arsenal should be continually expanded with …

Computational approach investigation bioactive molecules from Saussurea Costus plant as SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors using reverse docking, molecular …

H Hajji, M Alaqarbeh, T Lakhlifi, MA Ajana… - Computers in biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract SARS-COV-2 virus causes (COVID-19) disease; it has become a global pandemic
since 2019 and has negatively affected all aspects of human life. Scientists have made great …

LC/MS analysis of Viscum cruciatum Sieber ex Boiss. Extract with anti-proliferative activity against MCF-7 cell line via G0/G1 cell cycle arrest: An in-silico and in-vitro …

F Abo-Elghiet, MH Ibrahim, MA El Hassab… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Viscum cruciatum Sieb is a well-known medicinal
plant in Jordan containing various secondary metabolites. It has traditionally been used to …

Investigative on the molecular mechanism of licorice flavonoids anti-melanoma by network pharmacology, 3D/2D-QSAR, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics …

Y Hu, Y Wu, CP Jiang, Z Wang, C Shen, Z Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Licorice flavonoids (LCFs) are natural flavonoids isolated from Glycyrrhiza which are known
to have anti-melanoma activities in vitro. However, the molecular mechanism of LCF anti …

Development of potent inhibitors by fragment‐linking strategies

EV Bedwell, WJ McCarthy, AG Coyne… - Chemical Biology & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fragment‐based drug discovery (FBDD) is a method of identifying small molecule hits that
can be elaborated rationally through fragment growing, merging and linking, to afford high …

Toward the identification of potential α-ketoamide covalent inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 main protease: Fragment-based drug design and MM-PBSA calculations

MAE Hassab, M Fares, MKAH Amin, ST Al-Rashood… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since December 2019, the world has been facing the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2
pandemic that has infected more than 149 million and killed 3.1 million people by 27 April …