Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications

An International  Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access Journal

P-ISSN: 0974-6455 E-ISSN: 2321-4007

Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications

An Open Access International Journal

Gagan Kumar Panigrahi and Kunja Bihari Satapathy*

School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India

Corresponding author email: kunjabihari.satapathy@cutm.ac.in

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Article Publishing History

Received: 06/10/2020

Accepted After Revision: 28/12/2020

ABSTRACT:

The 2019 Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) threatens public health. The 2019-nCoV is also referred to as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Specific drug against the virus is yet to be discovered. Development of pharmacophores for proficient treatment against severe acute SARS-CoV-2 is challenging. The solved cryo-EM structure of SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) can be used as one of the primary target molecule and possible inhibitory ligands may be screened using in silico molecular docking. Primarily phytochemicals can be screened to detect any potential bio active molecules. In silico molecular docking revealed that the phytochemical, Quercitin may effectively bind to the active site of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

KEYWORDS:

2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease, Docking, Phytochemicals.

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