Ismail Bouadid, Soumia Moujane, Mourad Akdad, Moualij Benaissa, M. Eddouks
{"title":"In silico Evaluation of ACE2 Inhibition by Prunus armeniaca L. and in vivo Toxicity Study","authors":"Ismail Bouadid, Soumia Moujane, Mourad Akdad, Moualij Benaissa, M. Eddouks","doi":"10.2174/011871529x265182231211103724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/011871529x265182231211103724","url":null,"abstract":"SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that uses ACE2 to enter the host cell This study aimed to evaluate the in silico inhibitory activity of polyphenols from Prunus armeniaca (P. armeniaca) on angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). The efficacy of phytocompounds from P. armeniaca in inhibiting ACE2 was tested through molecular docking and dynamic analyses. The toxicological analysis of P. armeniaca was also evaluated. A total of twenty polyphenols were docked against the ACE2 active site, and four compounds showed interesting profiles. In vivo acute toxicity study demonstrated that the aqueous extract of Prunus armeniaca was safe. Four compounds from Prunus armeniaca seem to exert an inhibitory potential of ACE2.","PeriodicalId":504023,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders-Drug Targets","volume":"142 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139179889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Neha Sharad, Gagandeep Singh, I. Xess, Reshu Agarwal, Tulika Seth, K. H Reeta, Sweta Kothari
{"title":"Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Voriconazole in Children with Hematologic Malignancy and Invasive Fungal Infections: An RCT Study from a Tertiary Care Centre in India","authors":"Neha Sharad, Gagandeep Singh, I. Xess, Reshu Agarwal, Tulika Seth, K. H Reeta, Sweta Kothari","doi":"10.2174/011871529x245299231102055046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/011871529x245299231102055046","url":null,"abstract":"Voriconazole is a triazole anti-fungal with non-linear kinetics and a narrow therapeutic range. The objective of our study was to monitor the voriconazole serum levels in children with hematological malignancy and clinically suspected invasive fungal infections. The study was a prospective, randomized controlled trial conducted from June 2016 to December 2017. All children who had haematologic malignancies with clinically suspected invasive fungal infections and received voriconazole as the only anti-fungal were included in the study. The children were randomly allotted into two groups; one was the group that underwent TDM, and the other, TDM, was not done. Bioassay was the method employed for TDM. The trough levels were evaluated on a sample obtained on the fifth day of starting the drug. The institute's ethics committee approved the study. A total of 30 children were included in the study: 15 in the TDM group and 15 in the non-TDM group. The most common underlying malignancy was AML. Neutropenia due to chemotherapy sessions was these patients' most common risk factor. A favorable outcome was seen in 13/15 (86.7%) in the TDM group and 11/15 in the non-TDM group (73.3%). Only five out of 15 (33.3%) children had voriconazole serum levels within the therapeutic range. Alterations in dose had to be done in the remaining to achieve the recommended serum levels. Thus, we recommend TDM for all children of hematologic malignancy receiving voriconazole for better management. Our findings also revealed that children with AML had lower than recommended levels of voriconazole on TDM evaluation, whereas those with ALL had normal to elevated levels of voriconazole.","PeriodicalId":504023,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders-Drug Targets","volume":"95 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139254859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}