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Antimalarial drug discovery: screening of Brazilian medicinal plants and purified compound
(Informa Health Care, 2014)
Computer-aided drug design against spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 to aid COVID-19 treatment
Background: SARS-CoV-2 has the Spike glycoprotein (S) which is crucial in attachment with host receptor and cell
entry leading to COVID-19 infection. The current study was conducted to explore drugs against Receptor ...
Fluorination methods in drug discovery
(Royal Society Of Chemistry, 2016-05)
Fluorination reactions of medicinal and biologically-active compounds will be discussed. Late stage fluorination strategies of medicinal targets have recently attracted considerable attention on account of the influence ...
Current approaches to drug discovery for chagas disease: Methodological advances
(2019-01-01)
Background: In recent years, there has been an improvement in the in vitro and in vivo methodology for the screening of anti-chagasic compounds. Millions of compounds can now have their activity evaluated (in large compound ...
A flow cytometer-based method to simultaneously assess activity and selectivity of compounds against the intracellular forms of Trypanosoma cruzi
(Elsevier Science, 2015-12-10)
Chagas disease is a major unsolved health issue in Latin America and an emerging threat worldwide. New drugs are urgently needed for chemotherapy as those available (benznidazole and nifurtimox) have variable efficacy and ...
Searching new antifungals: The use of in vitro and in vivo methods for evaluation of natural compounds
(2016-04-01)
In the last decades, the increased number of immunocompromised patients has led to the emergence of many forms of fungal infections. Furthermore, there are a restricted arsenal of antifungals available and an increase in ...
Computational and synthetic target-based approaches to the discovery of novel anticonvulsant compounds
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2021-05)
Background: During the past decades, an important number of anticonvulsant drugs have been incorporated into the collection of drugs to treat epilepsy. However, two main difficulties remain unsolved in therapy: the development ...
Physicochemical characterization of bioactive compounds in nanocarriers
(2020-01-01)
The encapsulation of bioactive compounds is an emerging technique for finding new medicines since it provides protection against ambient degradation factors before reaching the target site. Nanotechnology provides new ...
Modern drug discovery technologies: opportunities and challenges in lead discovery
(Bentham ScienceBussum, 2011-12)
The identification of promising hits and the generation of high quality leads are crucial steps in the early stages of drug discovery projects. The definition and assessment of both chemical and biological space have ...