In Silico Study of Cucurbita maxima Compounds as Potential Therapeutics Against Schistosomiasis.

ABSTRACT: Schistosomiasis, a disease usually related to poverty and poor sanitation, affects more than 200 million people worldwide. Since the 1970s, the medical sector has depended on a single drug, praziquantel, for the treatment of the disease. The emerging evidence of resistance of the Schistosoma parasite to praziquantel and the drug's inefficacy against juvenile stages of the parasite makes the need to find alternative drugs an urgent matter. In this study, we explored the inhibition potential of compounds from Cucurbita maxima using molecular docking studies on Schistosoma mansoni purine nucleoside phosphorylase (SmPNP) and Schistosoma haematobium 28-kDa glutathione S-transferase (Sh28kDaGST). Following molecular docking studies and analysis of the active si

SUBMITTER: Mtemeli FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125113 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature