Recent trends in biocatalysis

D Yi, T Bayer, CPS Badenhorst, S Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocatalysis has undergone revolutionary progress in the past century. Benefited by the
integration of multidisciplinary technologies, natural enzymatic reactions are constantly …

Could SARS-CoV-2 spike protein be responsible for long-COVID syndrome?

TC Theoharides - Molecular Neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 infects cells via its spike protein binding to its surface receptor on target cells
and results in acute symptoms involving especially the lungs known as COVID-19. However …

Overview of the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of selected plant compounds and their metal ions complexes

P Mucha, A Skoczyńska, M Małecka, P Hikisz… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Numerous plant compounds and their metal-ion complexes exert antioxidative, anti-
inflammatory, anticancer, and other beneficial effects. This review highlights the different …

Secondary metabolites produced by plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes

Z Narayanan, BR Glick - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is an increasing interest in the use of beneficial microorganisms as alternatives to
chemically synthesized or plant-derived molecules to produce therapeutic agents. Bacterial …

Quercetin and luteolin are single-digit micromolar inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

F Munafò, E Donati, N Brindani, G Ottonello… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly become a
global health pandemic. Among the viral proteins, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) …

COVID-19 at a glance: An up-to-date overview on variants, drug design and therapies

D Iacopetta, J Ceramella, A Catalano, C Saturnino… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a member of the
Coronavirus family which caused the worldwide pandemic of human respiratory illness …

Pharmacological significance of hesperidin and hesperetin, two citrus flavonoids, as promising antiviral compounds for prophylaxis against and combating COVID-19

PK Agrawal, C Agrawal… - Natural Product …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Hesperidin and hesperetin are flavonoids that are abundantly present as constituents of
citrus fruits. These compounds have attracted attention as several computational methods …

Fungal proteases as emerging biocatalysts to meet the current challenges and recent developments in biomedical therapies: an updated review

M Naeem, S Manzoor, MUH Abid, MBK Tareen… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the increasing world population, demand for industrialization has also increased to
fulfill humans' living standards. Fungi are considered a source of essential constituents to …

Recent advances in (chemo) enzymatic cascades for upgrading bio-based resources

Y Zhou, S Wu, UT Bornscheuer - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing (chemo) enzymatic cascades is very attractive for green synthesis, because they
streamline multistep synthetic processes. In this Feature Article, we have summarized the …

Microbial metabolites: the emerging hotspot of antiviral compounds as potential candidates to avert viral pandemic alike COVID-19

T Raihan, MF Rabbee, P Roy, S Choudhury… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The present global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the noble pleomorphic severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created a vulnerable situation in the …