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Abou Baker DH, Hassan EM, El Gengaihi S. An overview on medicinal plants used for combating coronavirus: Current potentials and challenges. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH 2023; 13:100632. [PMID: 37251276 PMCID: PMC10198795 DOI: 10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Worldwide, Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic crisis, causing many morbidities, mortality, and devastating impact on economies, so the current outbreak of the CoV-2 is a major concern for global health. The infection spread quickly and caused chaos in many countries around the world. The slow discovery of CoV-2 and the limited treatment options are among the main challenges. Therefore, the development of a drug that is safe and effective against CoV-2 is urgently needed. The present overview briefly summarizes CoV-2 drug targets ex: RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), papain-like protease (PLpro), 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro), transmembrane serine protease enzymes (TMPRSS2), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), structural protein (N, S, E, and M), and virulence factors (NSP1, ORF7a, and NSP3c) for which drug design perspective can be considered. In addition, summarize all anti-COVID-19 medicinal plants and phytocompounds and their mechanisms of action to be used as a guide for further studies.
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- Doha H Abou Baker
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Dept., Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Dept., Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Dept., Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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Abd El-Aziz NM, Khalifa I, Darwish AMG, Badr AN, Aljumayi H, Hafez ES, Shehata MG. Docking Analysis of Some Bioactive Compounds from Traditional Plants against SARS-CoV-2 Target Proteins. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27092662. [PMID: 35566014 PMCID: PMC9100219 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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COVID-19 is still a global pandemic that has not been stopped. Many traditional medicines have been demonstrated to be incredibly helpful for treating COVID-19 patients while fighting the disease worldwide. We introduced 10 bioactive compounds derived from traditional medicinal plants and assessed their potential for inhibiting viral spike protein (S-protein), Papain-like protease (PLpro), and RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) using molecular docking protocols where we simulate the inhibitors bound to target proteins in various poses and at different known binding sites using Autodock version 4.0 and Chimera 1.8.1 software. Results found that the chicoric acid, quinine, and withaferin A ligand strongly inhibited CoV-2 S -protein with a binding energy of -8.63, -7.85, and -7.85 kcal/mol, respectively. Our modeling work also suggested that curcumin, quinine, and demothoxycurcumin exhibited high binding affinity toward RdRp with a binding energy of -7.80, -7.80, and -7.64 kcal/mol, respectively. The other ligands, namely chicoric acid, demothoxycurcumin, and curcumin express high binding energy than the other tested ligands docked to PLpro with -7.62, -6.81, and -6.70 kcal/mol, respectively. Prediction of drug-likeness properties revealed that all tested ligands have no violations to Lipinski's Rule of Five except cepharanthine, chicoric acid, and theaflavin. Regarding the pharmacokinetic behavior, all ligand predicted to have high GI-absorption except chicoric acid and theaflavin. At the same way chicoric acid, withaferin A, and withanolide D predicted to be substrate for multidrug resistance protein (P-gp substrate). Caffeic acid, cepharanthine, chicoric acid, withaferin A, and withanolide D also have no inhibitory effect on any cytochrome P450 enzymes. Promisingly, chicoric acid, quinine, curcumin, and demothoxycurcumin exhibited high binding affinity on SARS-CoV-2 target proteins and expressed good drug-likeness and pharmacokinetic properties. Further research is required to investigate the potential uses of these compounds in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2.
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- Nourhan M. Abd El-Aziz
- Department of Food Technology, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute (ALCRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), Alexandria 21934, Egypt; (A.M.G.D.); (M.G.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Food Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Benha 13736, Egypt;
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- Department of Food Technology, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute (ALCRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), Alexandria 21934, Egypt; (A.M.G.D.); (M.G.S.)
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- Department of Food Toxicology and Contaminants, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt;
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Plant Protection and Biomolecular Diagnosis, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute (ALCRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), Alexandria 21934, Egypt;
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- Department of Food Technology, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute (ALCRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), Alexandria 21934, Egypt; (A.M.G.D.); (M.G.S.)
- Food Research Section, R&D Division, Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 52150, United Arab Emirates
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Zhang P, Wang L, Lu X. Complete chloroplast genome of Geum aleppicum (Rosaceae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2022; 7:234-235. [PMID: 35087938 PMCID: PMC8788369 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.2024461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Geum aleppicum is an important landscaping plant with high medicinal value. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of G. aleppicum was assembled and analyzed. The assembled genome is 156,036 bp in length, which contains a large single-copy (LSC) region of 85,358 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 18,410 bp, and two inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 26,134 bp. A total of 137 genes were predicted, including 89 protein-coding genes, 40 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that G. aleppicum had the closest relationship with G. japonicum var. chinense, and all the species of Geum grouped together with highly bootstrap support.
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- Peipei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Sinha S, Singh K, Ved A, Hasan SM, Mujeeb S. Therapeutic Journey and Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Coumarin Derivatives. Mini Rev Med Chem 2021; 22:1314-1330. [PMID: 34784861 DOI: 10.2174/1389557521666211116120823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Coumarin is an oxygen-containing compound in medicinal chemistry. Coumarin plays an important role in both natural systems like plants and also in synthetic medicinal applications as drug molecules. Many structurally different coumarin compounds were found to show a big range of similarity with the vital molecular targets for their pharmacological action and small modifications in their structures resulted insignificant changes in their biological activities. OBJECTIVE This review gives detailed information about the studies of the recent advances in various pharmacological aspects of coumarins. METHOD Various oxygen-containing heterocyclic compounds represented remarkable biological significances. The fused aromatic oxygen-heterocyclic nucleus is able to change its electron density; thus changing the chemical, physical and biological properties respectively due to its multiple binding modes with the receptors, which play crucial role in pharmacological screening of drugs. A number of heterocyclic compounds have been synthesized which have their nucleus derived from various plants and animals. In coumarins, benzene ring is fused with pyrone nucleus which provides stability to the nucleus. Coumarins have shown a wide range of pharmacological activities such as anti-tumour, anti-coagulant, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, antiviral, anti-malarial, anti-HIV and antimicrobial activity etc. Results: Reactive oxygen species like superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide are a type of unstable molecule that contains oxygen, which reacts with other molecules in the cell during the metabolism process but it may produce cytotoxicity when reactive oxygen species increase in number, by the damage of biological macromolecules. Hydroxyl radical (˙OH), is a strong oxidizing agent and it is responsible for the cytotoxicity by oxygen in different plants, animals and other microbes. coumarin is the oldest and effective compound having antimicrobial activity, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidepressant activity, analgesic, anticonvulsant activity, etc. Naturally existing coumarin compounds act against SARS-CoV-2 by preventing viral replication through the targeting on active site against the Mpro target protein. CONCLUSION This review highlights the different biological activities of coumarin derivatives. In this review we provide an updated summary of the researches which are related to recent advances in biological activities of coumarins analogue and their most recent activities against COVID -19. Natural compounds act as a rich resource for novel drug development against various SARS-CoV-2 viral strains including viruses like herpes simplex virus, influenza virus, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, middle east respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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- Shweta Sinha
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Kursi road, Lucknow-226026 (U.P.). India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Kursi road, Lucknow-226026 (U.P.). India
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- Goel Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lucknow -226028 (U.P.). India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Kursi road, Lucknow-226026 (U.P.). India
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- Hygia Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Lucknow. India
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Al-Sanea MM, Abelyan N, Abdelgawad MA, Musa A, Ghoneim MM, Al-Warhi T, Aljaeed N, Alotaibi OJ, Alnusaire TS, Abdelwahab SF, Helmy A, Abdelmohsen UR, Youssif KA. Strawberry and Ginger Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 Assisted by In Silico Modeling and Metabolic Profiling. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:824. [PMID: 34356745 PMCID: PMC8300822 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10070824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), a novel coronavirus causing life-threatening pneumonia, caused a pandemic starting in 2019 and caused unprecedented economic and health crises all over the globe. This requires the rapid discovery of anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug candidates to overcome this life-threatening pandemic. Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) and ginger (Zingiber officinale) methanolic extracts were used for silver nanoparticle (AgNPs) synthesis to explore their SARS-CoV-2 inhibitory potential. Moreover, an in silico study was performed to explore the possible chemical compounds that might be responsible for the anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential. The characterization of the green synthesized AgNPs was carried out with transmission electron microscope (TEM), Fourier-transform infrared, spectroscopy ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, zeta potential, and a dynamic light-scattering technique. The metabolic profiling of strawberry and ginger methanolic extract was assessed using liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry. The antiviral potential against SARS-CoV-2 was evaluated using an MTT assay. Moreover, in silico modeling and the molecular dynamic study were conducted via AutoDock Vina to demonstrate the potential of the dereplicated compounds to bind to some of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins. The TEM analysis of strawberry and ginger AgNPs showed spherical nanoparticles with mean sizes of 5.89 nm and 5.77 nm for strawberry and ginger, respectively. The UV-Visible spectrophotometric analysis showed an absorption peak at λmax of 400 nm for strawberry AgNPs and 405 nm for ginger AgNPs. The Zeta potential values of the AgNPs of the methanolic extract of strawberry was -39.4 mV, while for AgNPs of ginger methanolic extract it was -42.6 mV, which indicates a high stability of the biosynthesized nanoparticles. The strawberry methanolic extract and the green synthesized AgNPs of ginger showed the highest antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. Dereplication of the secondary metabolites from the crude methanolic extracts of strawberry and ginger resulted in the annotation of different classes of compounds including phenolic, flavonoids, fatty acids, sesquiterpenes, triterpenes, sterols, and others. The docking study was able to predict the different patterns of interaction between the different compounds of strawberry and ginger with seven SARS-CoV-2 protein targets including five viral proteins (Mpro, ADP ribose phosphatase, NSP14, NSP16, PLpro) and two humans (AAK1, Cathepsin L). The molecular docking and dynamics simulation study showed that neohesperidin demonstrated the potential to bind to both human AAK1 protein and SARS-CoV-2 NSP16 protein, which makes this compound of special interest as a potential dual inhibitor. Overall, the present study provides promise for Anti-SARS-CoV-2 green synthesized AgNPs, which could be developed in the future into a new anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug.
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- Mohammad M. Al-Sanea
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia;
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy, Russian-Armenian University, Yerevan 0051, Armenia;
- Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology, Yerevan 0033, Armenia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11371, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Al Maarefa University, Ad Diriyah 13713, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia; (T.A.-W.); (N.A.); (O.J.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia; (T.A.-W.); (N.A.); (O.J.A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia; (T.A.-W.); (N.A.); (O.J.A.)
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- Biology Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia;
- Olive Research Center, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Taif College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo 11865, Egypt; (A.H.); (K.A.Y.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, Minia 61111, Egypt
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo 11865, Egypt; (A.H.); (K.A.Y.)
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Manne M, Goudar G, Varikasuvu SR, Khetagoudar MC, Kanipakam H, Natarajan P, Ummiti MD, Yenagi VA, Chinthakindi S, Dharani P, Thota DSS, Patil S, Patil V. Cordifolioside: potent inhibitor against M pro of SARS-CoV-2 and immunomodulatory through human TGF-β and TNF-α. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:136. [PMID: 33643762 PMCID: PMC7898013 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02685-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Therapeutic options for SARS-CoV-2 are limited merely to the symptoms or repurposed drugs and non-specific interventions to promote the human immune system. In the present study, chromatographic and in silico approaches were implemented to identify bioactive compounds which might play pivotal role as inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2 and human immunomodulator (TGF-β and TNF-α). Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers was evaluated for phenolic composition and explored for bioactive compounds by high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC). Furthermore, the bioactive compounds such as cordifolioside, berberine, and magnoflorine were appraised as human immunomodulatory and potent inhibitor against Main Protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 through multiple docking strategies. Cordifolioside formed six stable H-bonds with His41, Ser144, Cys145, His163, His164, and Glu166 of Mpro of SARS-CoV-2, which displayed a significant role in the viral replication/transcription during infection acting towards the common conserved binding cleft among all strains of coronavirus. Overall, the study emphasized that the proposed cordifolioside might use for future investigations, which hold as a promising scaffold for developing anti-COVID-19 drug and reduce human cytokine storm.
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Xian Y, Zhang J, Bian Z, Zhou H, Zhang Z, Lin Z, Xu H. Bioactive natural compounds against human coronaviruses: a review and perspective. Acta Pharm Sin B 2020; 10:1163-1174. [PMID: 32834947 PMCID: PMC7278644 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Coronaviruses (CoVs), a family of enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses, are characterized by club-like spikes that project from their surface, unusually large RNA genome, and unique replication capability. CoVs are known to cause various potentially lethal human respiratory infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and the very recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Unfortunately, neither drug nor vaccine has yet been approved to date to prevent and treat these diseases caused by CoVs. Therefore, effective prevention and treatment medications against human coronavirus are in urgent need. In the past decades, many natural compounds have been reported to possess multiple biological activities, including antiviral properties. In this article, we provided a comprehensive review on the natural compounds that interfere with the life cycles of SARS and MERS, and discussed their potential use for the treatment of COVID-19.
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Key Words
- 3CLpro, chymotrypsin-like protease
- ACE2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
- BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
- COVID-19
- COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019
- CoVs, coronaviruses
- Coronavirus
- DAT, desaminotyrosine
- ER, endoplasmic reticulum
- ERGIC, endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi intermediate compartment
- HCoVs, human coronaviruses
- HLH, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- HR, heptad repeats
- HSV, herpes simplex virus
- IL, interleukin
- LHQWC, Lian-Hua-Qing-Wen Capsule
- MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome
- MERS-CoV
- MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- N protein, nucleocapsid protein
- NCIP, novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia
- NF-κB, nuclear factor-κB
- Natural compounds
- PI3K, phosphoinositide 3-kinases
- PLpro, papain-like protease
- RNA-Virus
- RTC, replication transcription complex
- RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
- S protein, spike protein
- SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome
- SARS-CoV
- SARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- SARS-CoV-2
- SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- STAT, signal transducer and activator of transcription
- TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
- WHO, World Health Organization
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Lim DW, Han T, Um MY, Yoon M, Kim TE, Kim YT, Han D, Lee J, Lee CH. Administration of Asian Herb Bennet ( Geum japonicum) Extract Reverses Depressive-Like Behaviors in Mouse Model of Depression Induced by Corticosterone. Nutrients 2019; 11:E2841. [PMID: 31756901 PMCID: PMC6950235 DOI: 10.3390/nu11122841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Geum japonicum, commonly known as Asian herb bennet, has been used as a diuretic, astringent, anti-dizziness, and anti-headache agent in traditional medicine. Since the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract have not been well studied, we examined the antidepressant-like effects of G. japonicum extract using depressive-like behavior induced in mice through daily injection of corticosterone (CORT). ICR mice (male, 8 weeks old) were treated with CORT (40 mg/kg, i.p.) and orally administered using oral gavage needles with G. japonicum extract (30, 100, and 300 mg/kg) for 4 weeks. Behavioral experiments were performed 1 h after administration. The control mice exhibited a significant increase in the immobility times in the tail suspension and forced swim tests as well as the step-through latency time in the passive avoidance test. Further, the control group showed a significant decrease in their sucrose consumption. However, treatment with G. japonicum extract at doses of 100 and 300 mg/kg significantly improved these depression-like behaviors without altering the locomotor activity. Moreover, treatment with G. japonicum extract significantly prevented the decrease in the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus. In addition, G. japonicum extract had neuroprotective effects against CORT-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. Our study indicates that G. japonicum extract exhibits antidepressant-like activity in CORT-induced depressive mice, which might be as a result of increased BDNF expression.
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- Dong Wook Lim
- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
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- Food Functional Evaluation Support Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea;
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
- Division of Food Biotechnology, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 34113, Korea
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
- Division of Food Biotechnology, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 34113, Korea
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
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- Research Division of Functional Food Functionality, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Korea; (D.W.L.); (M.Y.U.); (M.Y.); (T.-E.K.); (Y.T.K.); (D.H.); (J.L.)
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Ton That Q, Nguyen Thien TV, Dang HP, Le Hoan N, Vo LKT, Nguyen MHD, Ngu NT, Nguyen TS, Hansen PE. Chemical constituents of Geum urbanum L. roots. Nat Prod Res 2018; 32:2529-2534. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1425844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Quang Ton That
- Faculty of Chemistry, VNUHCM–University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Theoretical Physics Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Chemistry, VNUHCM–University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Chemistry, VNUHCM–University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Traditional Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of National Science and Technology, Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot City, Vietnam
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- Theoretical Physics Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Gao P, Gao YJ, Liang HL. Effect of NF– κ B inhibitor PDTC on VEGF and endostatin expression of mice with Lewis lung cancer. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2015; 8:220-4. [DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(14)60319-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Shahani S, Monsef-Esfahani HR, Hajiaghaee R, Gohari AR. Chemical Composition of Essential Oil and Hydrolat ofGeum iranicumKhatamaz. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2011.9712278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Cheng XR, Jin HZ, Qin JJ, Fu JJ, Zhang WD. Chemical Constituents of Plants from the Genus Geum. Chem Biodivers 2011; 8:203-22. [DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200900347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Gerrish D, Kim IC, Kumar DV, Austin H, Garrus JE, Baichwal V, Saunders M, McKinnon RS, Anderson MB, Carlson R, Arranz-Plaza E, Yager KM. Triterpene based compounds with potent anti-maturation activity against HIV-1. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:6377-80. [PMID: 18996008 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.10.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2008] [Revised: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 10/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Efforts towards developing orally bioavailable HIV-1 maturation inhibitors starting from betulinic acid 1 are described. SAR resulted in improved potency, physicochemical properties, and enhanced oral absorption in rats.
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- David Gerrish
- Myriad Pharmaceuticals Inc., 320 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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Su Q, Xu X, Zhou L. QSAR model of triterpene derivatives as potent anti-HIV agents. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/08927020802036054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cheng L, Gu X, Sanderson JE, Wang X, Lee K, Yao X, Liu H, Cheung WL, Li M. A new function of a previously isolated compound that stimulates activation and differentiation of myogenic precursor cells leading to efficient myofiber regeneration and muscle repair. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:1123-33. [PMID: 16431151 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Muscle repair following severe injury is slow and incomplete due to the limited regenerative capacity of muscles comprising the function. In this study, one pure compound structurally corresponding to triterpenoid, which can directly induce the activation, proliferation and maturation of quiescent satellite cells into myocytes in vitro, was isolated from Geum japonicum. The potential effect of this compound on myogenesis was further tested in repair of severe muscle injury. It was found that this compound could significantly stimulate the regenerative potential of the damaged muscle resulting in regeneration of myotubes and myotube bundles time-dependently replacing the damaged muscle tissues. This compound-mediated active regeneration of new myofibers repairing damaged muscles was probably due to its direct action on activation and proliferation of quiescent myogenic precursor cells and enhancement of their maturation into regenerating myotubes, as was demonstrated in our primary myogenic precursor cells culture experiments. The up-regulated expression of endogenous phospho-Akt1 in compound-treated myogenic precursor cells may also contribute to the process of myofiber regeneration and muscle repair probably via promoting myogenic cell survival capacity.
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- Lei Cheng
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, 9th Floor, Clinical Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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Yu D, Wild CT, Martin DE, Morris-Natschke SL, Chen CH, Allaway GP, Lee KH. The discovery of a class of novel HIV-1 maturation inhibitors and their potential in the therapy of HIV. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2005; 14:681-93. [PMID: 16004596 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.14.6.681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Although HIV infection is now primarily treated with reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors, HIV therapy must look toward new drugs with novel mechanism(s) of action to both improve efficacy and address the growing problem of drug resistance. Using natural products as a source of biologically active compounds, our drug discovery program has successfully optimised the natural product betulinic acid to the first-in-class maturation inhibitor 3-O-(3',3'-dimethylsuccinyl)-betulinic acid (DSB). DSB's unique viral target has been identified as a late step in Gag processing. Specifically, it inhibits the cleavage of the capsid precursor, CA-SP1, resulting in a block to the processing of mature capsid protein leading to a defect in viral core condensation. DSB represents a unique class of anti-HIV compounds that inhibit virus maturation and provide additional opportunities for anti-HIV therapy. In this review, the discovery of DSB and its mode of action are summarised. Anti-AIDS Agents part 64. For part 63 in the series, see YU D, LEE KH: Recent progress and prospects on plant-derived anti-HIV agents and analogs. In: Medicinal Chemistry of Bioactive Natural Products. XT Liang, WS Fang (Eds), Wiley, New York, USA (2005) (In Press).
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- Donglei Yu
- Natural Products Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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