Phytochemicals in plant extracts potential fighters for corona infection
Phytochemicals are compounds that are produced by plants
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Sep 4, 2020 06:37
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Chandigarh: Across the globe scientists trying to beat Coronavirus. At present, there is no approved drug or vaccine available to treat this disease. Still, people are trying various pre-existing medicines that are known to have antiviral effects. Panjab University, Chandigarh contributed in fights against Covid-19.
Dr. Ashok Kumar, Chairperson from Centre of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Panjab University studied the binding potential of approximately 50 phytochemicals present in multiple natural plant extracts that are capable of inhibiting virus replication. Phytochemicals are compounds that are produced by plants. They are found in fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, and other parts of plants. Some of these phytochemicals are believed to protect us from pathogenic attacks. Herbal extracts are full of phytochemicals. This Research published in Journal Phytomedicine having title “Identification of phytochemicals as potential therapeutic agents that binds to Nsp15 protein target of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that is capable of inhibiting virus replication”.
This Reputed international Journal has an impact factor of 4.26.
Dr. Ashok Kumar did this research in collaboration with Dr. Suresh Kumar from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
