Molecular Docking study to Identify Potent Fungal Metabolites as Inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Enzyme

Sarkar, Diptendu

doi:10.22376/ijpbs.2021.12.2.b78-85

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“…The worldwide coronavirus illness outbreak has been caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (Salvatore et al, 2021;Sarkar et al, 2021). Several drugs with little clinical experience have been used in epidemiological practice and recommendations based on wet lab research towards SARS-CoV-2 or similar viruses; unfortunately, the benefit of any type of treatment has not been demonstrated (Jayalakshmi et al, 2020).…”

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“…Herbal medicines are being employed both as conventional medicine and traditional medicine with said goal for preserving health and/or treating a rare disease (Akella et al, 2020). Despite solid data, the World Health Organization believes that approximately billion people in the world seem to be predominantly dependant on herbal remedies (Sarkar, 2021). In industrial nations, the usage of plant-based components, such as botanical or traditional pharmaceuticals offering alleged health advantages, have been on the rise.…”

Section: Phytochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Palliative therapy and illness alleviation seem to be the mainstays of modern therapy. There may be a critical necessity of innovative treatment modality towards COVID-19 owing to the unavailability of any effective and direct medications (Sarkar, 2021). With a five-day gestation period, COVID-19 disease causes acute respiratory distress symptoms such as nausea, chest infection, with breathing difficulty.…”

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“…Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 catastrophe, de novo mutations of SARS-CoV-2 have originated and disseminated over the universe. Because extremely detrimental changes being swiftly purged, majority of alterations were found in migrating SARS-CoV-2 virions' sequences which appear likely to be harmless or modestly catastrophic (Sarkar, 2021). It is indeed unclear to what level of mutations changing the antigenic nature of SARS-CoV-2 should allow variations to bypass protection given by natural exposure to an antigen (Omotayo, 2021).…”

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In Silico Approach to Search Various Phytochemicals as Potential Therapeutics Against the Spike Protein from Alpha Variant Strain (B.1.1.7) of SARS-CoV-2

Diptendu¹

2022

IJZI

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Scientists have indeed been attempting to examine many active chemicals identified in plants that would have the effect of restricting the multiplication of SARS-CoV-2 since the onset of the COVID-19 widespread. The worldwide healthcare system has been trying to discover an efficient therapeutic solution because there are no therapeutically authorised medications. Testing of botanical pharmaceuticals could be a feasible method that fight COVID-19 during this crucial moment. The research focused upon the spike protein of SARSCoV2's novel alpha strain, which was initially found in the United Kingdom. The objectives of this paper was to use a molecular docking approach to analyse pharmacological chemicals discovered in plants in order to prohibit the major protease (7DDN) of the SARS-CoV2 alpha variant strain (B.1.1.7). The binding affinity computed with PyRx virtual screening tool, which employed AutoDock Vina as a docking processor, were evaluated. All total 33 phytochemicals were analysed in this research. Hesperidin and broussochalcone A, according to findings of this study, had the strongest interaction (-8.7 Kcal/mol) with 7DDN spike protein. Pectolinarin has the second highest binding affinity (-8.3 Kcal/mol). Rhoifolin had the third highest interaction (-8.2 Kcal/mol), followed by Epigallocatechin, Cannabidiol, and Morin, which all had a docking score of -7.9 Kcal/mol. This study, which aimed to predict the suppressive activities of compounds obtained from plants specifically address 7DDN proteins, discovered a number of things, including that the pharmaceutical is having a significant posture and binding affinity than hydroxychloroquine. Furthermore, in silico drug likeness and ADMET analyses of the phytochemicals demonstrated significant therapeutic advantages. As a conclusion, the present investigation would serve as a springboard for much more exploration to assess the phytocompounds' effectiveness.

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Section: Phytochemicalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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