Amantadine as a drug to mitigate the effects of COVID-19.

Abstract:

:The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread around the world. At this time, there is no vaccine that can help people prevent the spread of coronavirus. We are proposing amantadine as a drug that can be used to mitigate the effects of the virus. It is demonstrated by docking models how amantadine can exert its action on Coronavirus viroporin E.

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

Abreu GEA,Aguilar MEH,Covarrubias DH,Durán FR

doi

10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109755

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-07-01 00:00:00

pages

109755

eissn

0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

S0306-9877(20)30654-X

journal_volume

140

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