4′-Modified nucleosides for antiviral drug discovery: achievements and perspectives

J Chang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Modified nucleosides show therapeutic promise for antiviral therapies.
However, issues including the emergence of drug resistance, toxicity, and coinfections have …

A guide to COVID‐19 antiviral therapeutics: a summary and perspective of the antiviral weapons against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

DK Brady, AR Gurijala, L Huang, AA Hussain… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Antiviral therapies are integral in the fight against SARS‐CoV‐2 (ie severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2), the causative agent of COVID‐19. Antiviral therapeutics can be …

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) …

Gossypol broadly inhibits coronaviruses by targeting RNA‐dependent RNA polymerases

W Wang, W Li, Z Wen, C Wang, W Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Outbreaks of coronaviruses (CoVs), especially severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), have posed serious threats to humans and animals, which …

Evolutionary safety of lethal mutagenesis driven by antiviral treatment

G Lobinska, Y Pilpel, MA Nowak - PLoS biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Nucleoside analogs are a major class of antiviral drugs. Some act by increasing the viral
mutation rate causing lethal mutagenesis of the virus. Their mutagenic capacity, however …

[HTML][HTML] Current understanding of nucleoside analogs inhibiting the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

T Xu, L Zhang - Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) has become a main …

The preclinical discovery and development of molnupiravir for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

P Pagliano, C Sellitto, T Ascione… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Molnupiravir (MOV) is a broad-spectrum oral antiviral agent approved for the
treatment of COVID-19. The results from in vitro and in vivo studies suggested MOV activity …

Computational studies on phylogeny and drug designing using molecular simulations for COVID-19

F Nabi, O Ahmad, YA Khan, A Nabi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Since the first appearance of a novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) caused by a novel
human coronavirus, and especially after the infection started its rapid spread over the world …

Assessing the potential contribution of in silico studies in discovering drug candidates that interact with various SARS-CoV-2 receptors

AGA Mushebenge, SC Ugbaja, NA Mbatha… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred intense research efforts to identify effective treatments
for SARS-CoV-2. In silico studies have emerged as a powerful tool in the drug discovery …

Studies on the Nonalkaloidal Secondary Metabolites of Hippeastrum vittatum (L'Her.) Herb. Bulbs

MF Khalifa, JR Fahim, AE Allam, ME Shoman… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sixteen chemically varied metabolites were isolated from the bulbs of Hippeastrum vittatum
(L'Her.) Herb., including eight flavonoids [3′-methyl isoliquiritigenin (2), 7-hydroxyflavan …