Kashaf Junaid1,*, Sumera Qasim2, Humaira Yasmeen3, Hasan Ejaz1, Abdullah Alsrhani1, Muhammad Ikram Ullah1, Fahad Ahmad4, Abdul Rehman5
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 707-714, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012976
- 30 October 2020
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a current pandemic that has
affected more than 195 countries worldwide. In this severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, when treatment strategies are not
yet clear and vaccines are not available, vitamins are an excellent choice to protect
against this viral infection. The rationale behind this study was to examine the
inhibitory effect of vitamins B, C, and D against the main protease of SARSCoV-2 and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which have critical rolesin
the immune system. Molecular docking, performed by using MOE-Dock of the
Chemical Computing Group,… More >