Preliminary report on therapeutic potential of coal-derived carbon quantum dots against SARS-CoV-2 virus

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Due to the pandemic of COVID-19 and subsequent emerging of new mutant strains, there has been a worldwide hunt for therapeutic and protective agents for its inhibition. In this short communication, for the first time, we report the coal-derived carbon quantum dot (CQD) for the possible therapeutic application against SARS-CoV-2. The synthesized C1-CQD is observed to be safe towards the normal cell line at highest dose, while effectively inhibiting growth of SARS-CoV2 (>95%) with IC50 value of 5.469 μg/mL. Moreover, C1-CQD showed activity against SARS-CoV-2 infection which is comparable to known inhibitory antiviral drug i.e., Remdesivir. These novel findings indicate that coal-based CQDs have highly potent anti-viral activity and could be investigated further for developing cheap and safer alternative therapeutic strategies for inhibition of SARS-CoV-2.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:593

Enthalten in:

Virology - 593(2024) vom: 29. März, Seite 110036

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saikia, Binoy K [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Kallol [VerfasserIn]
Konwar, Rituraj [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-44-0
Anti-viral
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Carbon
Carbon quantum dot
Coal
Journal Article
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Toxicity
Viral replication

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Date Completed 13.03.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virol.2024.110036

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369219228