Computational study of pomegranate peel extract polyphenols as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 virus internalization.

ABSTRACT: The search for effective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) therapy has attracted a great deal of scientific interest due to its unprecedented health care system overload worldwide. We have carried out a study to investigate the in silico effects of the most abundant pomegranate peel extract constituents on the multi-step process of serious acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) internalization in the host cells. Binding affinities and interactions of ellagic acid, gallic acid, punicalagin and punicalin were studied on four selected protein targets with a significant and confirmed role in the process of the entry of virus into a host cell. The protein targets used in this study were: SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, furin and transmembrane serine p

SUBMITTER: Surucic R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7668668 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature