Boron containing compounds have not been widely studied in Medicinal Chemistry, mainly
due to the idea that this group could confer some toxicity. Nowadays, this concept has been …

Emerging and re-emerging illnesses will probably present a new hazard of infectious
diseases and have fostered the urge to research new antiviral agents. Most of the antiviral …

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have focused on repurposing
of existing antibiotics, antivirals and anti-inflammatory drugs to find an effective therapy …

Abstract Background Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the
concept of medicine. This work aims to analyze the use of antibiotics in patients admitted to …

Background Drug repurposing otherwise known as drug repositioning or drug re-profiling is
a time-tested approach in drug discovery through which new medical uses are being …

Background A large body of research has focused on fluoroquinolones. It was shown that
this class of synthetic antibiotics could possess antiviral activity as a broad range of anti …

Quinolones are considered as a big family of multi-faceted drugs; their chemical synthesis is
flexible and can be easily adapted to prepare new congeners with rationally devised …

Abstract Background/Aim SARS‐CoV‐2 is one of the coronavirus families that emerged at
the end of 2019. It infected the respiratory system and caused a pandemic worldwide …

Ethnomedicinal plants have been used as source of candidate drugs for almost all diseases,
but the number of compounds having antiviral activity is scarce. Irrespective of type of …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly prevalent among global populations, with an
estimated number of infected patients being 170 million. Approximately 70–80% of patients …