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Repurposing anti-cancer porphyrin derivative drugs to target SARS-CoV-2 envelope
Mendonça, Diogo A.; Cadima Couto, Carla Iris; Buga, Carolina C.; Arnaut, Zoe A.; Schaberle, Fabio A.; Arnaut, Luis G.; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.Antiviral medicines to treat COVID-19 are still scarce. Porphyrins and porphyrin derivatives (PDs) usually present broad-spectrum antiviral activity with low risk of resistance development. In fact, some PDs are clinicall approved to be used in anti-cancer photodynamic therapy and repurposing clinically approved PDs might be an alternative to treat COVID-19. Here, we characterize the ability of temoporfin, vert...
Date: 2024
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa