Articolo in rivista, 2020, ENG, 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109211
Russo M.; Moccia S.; Spagnuolo C.; Tedesco I.; Russo G.L.
National Research Council, Institute of Food Sciences, Avellino, 83100, National Research Council, Institute of Food Sciences, 83100, Avellino, Italy, , Italy
In terms of public health, the 21st century has been characterized by coronavirus pandemics: in 2002-03 the virus SARS-CoV caused SARS; in 2012 MERS-CoV emerged and in 2019 a new human betacoronavirus strain, called SARS-CoV-2, caused the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak. During the course of the current epidemic, medical challenges to save lives and scientific research aimed to reveal the genetic evolution and the biochemistry of the vital cycle of the new pathogen could lead to new preventive and therapeutic strategies against SARS-CoV-2. Up to now, there is no cure for COVID-19 and waiting for an efficacious vaccine, the development of "savage" protocols, based on "old" anti-inflammatory and anti-viral drugs represents a valid and alternative therapeutic approach. As an alternative or additional therapeutic/preventive option, different in silico and in vitro studies demonstrated that small natural molecules, belonging to polyphenol family, can interfere with various stages of coronavirus entry and replication cycle. Here, we reviewed the capacity of well-known (e.g. quercetin, baicalin, luteolin, hesperetin, gallocatechin gallate, epigallocatechin gallate) and uncommon (e.g. scutellarein, amentoflavone, papyriflavonol A) flavonoids, secondary metabolites widely present in plant tissues with antioxidant and anti-microbial functions, to inhibit key proteins involved in coronavirus infective cycle, such as PL, 3CL, NTPase/helicase. Due to their pleiotropic activities and lack of systemic toxicity, flavonoids and their derivative may represent target compounds to be tested in future clinical trials to enrich the drug arsenal against coronavirus infections.
Chemico-biological interactions (Print) 328
Coronavirus, Flavonoids, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2
Russo Maria, Russo Gian Luigi, Spagnuolo Carmela, Moccia Stefania, Tedesco Idolo
ID: 427768
Year: 2020
Type: Articolo in rivista
Creation: 2020-08-20 00:20:19.000
Last update: 2021-03-25 18:36:26.000
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109211
URL: http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-85088860691&origin=inward
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CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:427768
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109211
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85088860691