The present study aimed to assess the repurposing potential of existing antiviral drug candidates (FDA-approved and investigational) against SARS-CoV-2 target proteins that facilitates viral entry and replication into the host body. To evaluate molec...
COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 is a current global challenge and urgent discovery of potential drugs to combat this pandemic is a need of the hour. 3-chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease (3CLpro) enzyme is the vital molecular target against the SAR...
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
Aug 5, 2020
The whole world is facing a great challenging time due to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2. Globally, more than 14.6 M people have been diagnosed and more than 595 K deaths are reported. Currently, no effective vaccine or drugs are...
The human carboxylesterase 1 (CES1), responsible for the biotransformation of many diverse therapeutic agents, may contribute to the occurrence of adverse drug reactions and therapeutic failure through drug interactions. The present study is designed...
The objective of this research was to identify and characterize the encoded peptides present in nut storage proteins of . It was found, through in silico prediction, proteomic analysis, and MS spectrometry, that bioactive peptides were mainly found i...
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
May 3, 2017
In this study, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models using various descriptor sets and training/test set selection methods were explored to predict the bioactivity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitors by using a ...
In this study trypsin (TIA) and chymotrypsin inhibitory (CIA) activities were determined in the extracts of wheat, rye mix, mixed cereals and, whole wheat flours and, breads made with these flours. In addition, effects of fermentation, baking and in ...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Jun 9, 2016
Protease substrate profiling has nowadays almost become a routine task for experimentalists, and the knowledge on protease peptide substrates is easily accessible via the MEROPS database. We present a shape-based virtual screening workflow using vROC...
European journal of medicinal chemistry
Jul 5, 2025
Bioactivity optimization is a crucial and technical task in the early stages of drug discovery, traditionally carried out through iterative substituent optimization, a process that is often both time-consuming and expensive. To address this challenge...
Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates))
Jan 1, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Within the scope of the project, this study aimed to find novel inhibitors by combining computational methods. In order to design inhibitors, it was aimed to produce molecules similar to the RdRp inhibitor drug Favipiravir by using the ...
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