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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2024

A Comprehensive Update of Anti-COVID-19 Activity of Heterocyclic Compounds.

Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Matloob Ahmad, Sana Aslam, Ayesha Rafiq, Sami A Al-Hussain, Magdi E A Zaki

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Muhammad Shahid NazirDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Matloob AhmadDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-1302-8056
Sana AslamDepartment of Chemistry, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ayesha RafiqDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sami A Al-HussainDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4305-934X
Magdi E A ZakiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5643-9202

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the most considerable health problems across the world. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the major causative agent of COVID-19. The severe symptoms of this deadly disease include shortness of breath, fever, cough, loss of smell, and a broad spectrum of other health issues such as diarrhea, pneumonia, bronchitis, septic shock, and multiple organ failure. Currently, there are no medications available for coronavirus patients, except symptom-relieving drugs. Therefore, SARS-CoV-2 requires the development of effective drugs and specific treatments. Heterocycles are important constituents of more than 85% of the physiologically active pharmaceutical drugs on the market now. Several FDA-approved drugs have been reported including molnupiravir, remdesivir, ritonavir, oseltamivir, favipiravir, chloroquine, and hydroxychloroquine for the cure of COVID-19. In this study, we discuss potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 heterocyclic compounds that have been synthesized over the past few years. These compounds included; indole, piperidine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyrrole, piperazine, quinazoline, oxazole, quinoline, isoxazole, thiazole, quinoxaline, pyrazole, azafluorene, imidazole, thiadiazole, triazole, coumarin, chromene, and benzodioxole. Both in vitro and in silico studies were performed to determine the potential of these heterocyclic compounds in the fight against various SARS-CoV-2 proteins.

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Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentHeterocyclic CompoundsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19HumansAntiviral AgentsHeterocyclic CompoundsCOVID-19heterocyclic nucleusin silicoin vitromolecular docking studiesSARS-CoV-2

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PMID38737333
PMCPMC11088867

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