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    • Peptides, Hype, and Biophysical Reality: A Computational Chemist’s Perspective
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    • Combined Enhanced Conformational Sampling and Protein-Ligand Dockings on CYP3A4 Improves in Silico Prediction of Drug Metabolism
    • Integrative computational repositioning of Foretinib and PF-03715455 as potential GSTP1 inhibitors for cancer chemosensitization
    • QSAR-Guided Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Reveal Olaparib as a Repurposing Lead Against α-Synuclein Aggregation
    • FDA-Approved Drug Repurposing as p53 Mutants Rescue Candidates Using Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Simulations
    • Repurposing FDA-Approved Drugs as Nav1.7 Channel Modulators: An Integrated Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Study
    • ARumenamides as Multitarget Ion Channel Modulators: Insights from Fenestration-Focused Docking, ADMET Profiling, and Molecular Dynamics
    • Odorant-Binding Protein Interactions with Herbivore-Induced Volatiles Drive Behavioral Attraction of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to Tuta Absoluta-Infested Tomato Plant
    • Repurposing DrugBank compounds as NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin 2 inhibitors via QSAR modelling with gradient boosting algorithms and all-atom molecular simulations
    • Anti-cancer and dual inhibitory potential of PI3K/AKT and Ras/MAPK/ERK signalling of a novel zinc (II) trinuclear complex with tetradentate schiff base ligand and azido ion in prostate adenocarcinoma: synthesis, in silico and in vitro evaluation
    • Drug Repurposing for AML: Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Simulations of FDA-Approved Compounds with Polypharmacological Potential
    • Computational screening of natural products as tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase inhibitors: Insights from CNN-based QSAR, molecular docking, ADMET, and molecular dynamics simulations
    • Virtual Screening and Identification of Natural Molecules as Promising Quorum Sensing Inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Computational Investigation of Phytochemicals from Aloysia citriodora as Drug Targets for Parkinson's Disease-Associated Proteins
    • Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Computational Analysis of Their Interactions and Antibacterial Activities Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Computational exploration of acefylline derivatives as MAO-B inhibitors for Parkinson's disease: insights from molecular docking, DFT, ADMET, and molecular dynamics approaches
    • In silico Discovery of Dual Ligands Targeting MAO-B and AA2AR from African Natural Products Using Pharmacophore Modelling, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    • Identification of Natural Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro) via Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
    • Dendrobium nobile alkaloids modulate calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: A bioinformatic analysis
    • Antibiotic discovery with artificial intelligence for the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii infections
    • Identification of novel dual acting ligands targeting the adenosine A2A and serotonin 5-HT1A receptors
    • Exploring natural products as multi-target-directed drugs for Parkinson's disease: an in-silico approach integrating QSAR, pharmacophore modeling, and molecular dynamics simulations
    • Probing the molecular mechanisms of α-synuclein inhibitors unveils promising natural candidates through machine-learning QSAR, pharmacophore modeling, and molecular dynamics simulations
    • Chemical library design, QSAR modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of naturally occurring coumarins as dual inhibitors of MAO-B and AChE
    • Insights into the Structure-Activity Relationship of Alkynyl-Coumarinyl Ethers as Selective MAO-B Inhibitors Using Molecular Docking
    • β-amino carbonyl derivatives: Synthesis, Molecular Docking, ADMET, Molecular Dynamic and Herbicidal studies
    • In silico studies of natural product-like caffeine derivatives as potential MAO-B inhibitors/AA2AR antagonists for the treatment of Parkinson's disease
    • Structural exploration of selected C6 and C7-substituted coumarin isomers as selective MAO-B inhibitors
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    • Combined enhanced conformational sampling and protein-ligand dockings on CYP3A4 improves in silico prediction of drug metabolism
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Docking-based virtual screening and ADME evaluation of caffeine-based phytochemicals as inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase B

Jun 23, 2021·
Yassir Boulaamane
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