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  2. Discovery of flavonoid derivatives as anti-HCV agents via pharmacophore search combining molecular docking strategy

Discovery of flavonoid derivatives as anti-HCV agents via pharmacophore search combining molecular docking strategy

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2012 Jun:52:33-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.03.002.
Ming-Ming Liu 1 Lu Zhou Pei-Lan He Yi-Nan Zhang Jia-Yi Zhou Qing Shen Xin-Wen Chen Jian-Ping Zuo Wei Li De-Yong Ye
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Rd, Shanghai 201203, China.
Abstract

Common feature based pharmacophore and structure-based docking approaches have been employed in the identification of novel anti-HCV candidates from our in-house database. A total of 31 hits identified in silico were screened in vitro assay. 20 Compounds demonstrated anti-HCV activities (EC(50)<50 μM), including two naturally occurring Flavones apigenin (21) and luteolin (22) with low micromole EC(50) values and three compounds (23, 24 and 25) of novel scaffolds with moderate potencies. In addition, pharmacophore refinement was also conducted based on the current knowledge of flavone-derived anti-HCV candidates and the results of combined in silico and in vitro assays.

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