Computational and in vitro evaluation of sumac-derived ^©Rutan compounds towards Sars-CoV-2 M^pro inhibition.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused the COVID-19 outbreak leading to a global pandemic. Natural substances started being screened for their antiviral activity by computational and in-vitro techniques. Here, we evaluated the anti-SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M^pro) efficacy of ^©Rutan, which contains five polyphenols (R5, R6, R7, R7', and R8) extracted from sumac Rhus coriaria L. We obtained three fractions after large-scale purification: fraction 1 held R5, fraction 2 consisted of R6, R7 and R7', and fraction 3 held R8. In vitro results showed their anti-M^pro potential: IC₅₀ values of R5 and R8 made 42.52 µM and 5.48 µM, respectively. Further, we studied M^pro-polyphenol interactions by in silico analysis

SUBMITTER: Kayumov M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11832515 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature