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3. Assessing the efficacy of cinnamon compounds against H. pylori through molecular docking, MD Simulations and ADMET analyses.

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Sarwar, Muhammad Farhan, Zahra, Afnan, Awan, Mudassar Fareed, Ali, Sajed, Shafiq, Muhammad, and Muzammil, Khursheed

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HELICOBACTER pylori, MOLECULAR docking, CINNAMON, CLARITHROMYCIN, STRUCTURAL stability, SYNTHETIC drugs, DISEASE management
Abstract

Antibiotics are the drugs that are used for the management of microbial diseases. However, these conventional synthetic drugs can harmfully affect the human health. Since phytochemicals are extracted from natural sources and, are hence relatively safer for human health, they are the enticing alternatives in this regard. Cinnamon is also one of those plants which is being employed as herbal medication for centuries against certain microbial infections due its significant therapeutic effectiveness. A well-known pathogenic bacterium called H. pylori causes a wide range of illnesses in human body. This pathogen's pathogenicity is determined by certain virulent proteins. In this study, some of such proteins, which included virB4, virB8, and virB9 were selected to evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of cinnamon compounds. These proteins were identified in different isolates of H. pylori. The structural modelling of all these proteins were performed initially in order to proceed them for molecular docking analysis. While, the docking studies illustrated that one of the cinnamon compounds, cinnamyl acetate, showed significant binding interactions with virB4 and virB9. However, benzyl benzoate which is another cinnamon compound, docked well with virB8. Afterwards, the MD simulations were incorporated to explore the interaction motions and structural stability of all the docked complexes. In this regard, the resultant maps of Bfactor, eigenvalues and elastic network model, among other factors ensured the structural stabilities of all the respective complexes. After these crucial estimations, benzyl benzoate and cinnamyl acetate underwent the ADMET investigation to assess their pharmacokinetic characteristics. SwissADME and ADMETLab 2.0 server were employed for this investigation. The compiled findings these servers revealed that both, benzyl benzoate and cinnamyl acetate, exhibited a significant level of pharmacokinetic and drug-likeness conformity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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6. Internet addiction and sleep quality among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multinational cross-sectional survey

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Tahir, Muhammad Junaid, primary, Malik, Najma Iqbal, additional, Ullah, Irfan, additional, Khan, Hamza Rafique, additional, Perveen, Shahida, additional, Ramalho, Rodrigo, additional, Siddiqi, Ahsun Rizwan, additional, Waheed, Summaiya, additional, Shalaby, Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamed, additional, De Berardis, Domenico, additional, Jain, Samiksha, additional, Vetrivendan, Gautham Lakshmipriya, additional, Chatterjee, Harshita, additional, Gopar Franco, William Xochitun, additional, Shafiq, Muhammad Ahsan, additional, Fatima, Naira Taiba, additional, Abeysekera, Maria, additional, Sayyeda, Qudsia, additional, Shamat, Shamat Fathi, additional, Aiman, Wajeeha, additional, Akhtar, Qirat, additional, Devi, Arooj, additional, Aftab, Anam, additional, Shoib, Sheikh, additional, Lin, Chung-Ying, additional, and Pakpour, Amir H., additional

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2021
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