Abstract:Natural compounds are widely used as attractive and valuable starting points for drug lead discovery. The present study aims to identify phytochemical compounds found in medicinal plants as potential COVID-19 inhibitors, using ensemble docking simulations. To this end, a phytochemical library from the PHCD database -a database of natural chemical compositions of Persian medicinal herbs (https://persianherb. com) -have been virtually screened against four key protein targets in the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle -the M … Show more
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