Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentary University, Gurugram, Haryana
Corresponding author email: ritesh_fmhs@sgtuniversity.org
Article Publishing History
Received: 13/05/2021
Accepted After Revision: 18/07/2021
A scene of emergency has caused worldwide due to the spread of a life threatening diseases identified as Covid-19 which is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2 (SARS CoV2).Millions of people lost their life and people are still dying. There is a need of an ideal antiviral agent that can not only stop this pandemic spread but can cure the corona virus. The Main Protease Mpro is identified as the high potential drug target. Natural products are always used from the ancient times by the ancestors to treat many diseases, they are the hope to this pandemic and may stabilize the world. Phloroglucinol, active phytochemical of Brown algae is used in many viral diseases like HIV. This phytochemical is also used to treat many diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and many more. In this study we performed in-silico studies to find out whether phloroglucinol can be a promising anti-viral to cure this pandemic.
Phloroglucinol, Phytochemical, SARS CoV2 Main Protease, Docking, Potential Drug.