2024--Bisartans: Pursuing Next Generation Pan-Antiviral Therapeutics Targeting SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and RSV Viruses; accepted for publication 2024--Docking
simulations at GPCRs reveal crossover binding of various ligands to
angiotensin, alpha-adrenergic and opioid receptors: Insights into
addiction; in preparation 2024--Novel
benzimidazole angiotensin receptor blockers with anti-SARS-CoV-2
activity equipotent to that of nirmatrelvir: computational and enzymatic
studies - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets; https://doi.org/10.1080/14728222.2024.2362675 2024--Structural
features influencing the bioactive conformation of angiotensin II and
angiotensin A: Relationship between receptor desensitization and
addiction; International J. Molecular Sciences, accepted for publication. 2023-- W254
in furin functions as a molecular gate promoting anti-viral drug
binding: Elucidation of putative drug runneling and docking ny
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effects of repurposed anti-hypertensive Sartans against COVID-19 via proteome
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Enzymatic Studies of Sartans in SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD-ACE2 Binding: The Role of
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Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: The Dominant Role of Arginine in Mutations and Infectivity –
Viruses 15(2):309. doi: 10.3390/v15020309. 2022--Actions
of Novel Angiotensin Receptor Blocking Drugs, Bisartans, Relevant for COVID-19
Therapy: Biased Agonism at Angiotensin Receptors and the beneficial effects of
Neprilysin in the Renin Angiotensin System – Molecules
27(15):4854. doi: 10.3390/molecules27154854.
2022--Conference Talk: Synthesis
and in-silico modeling of novel bisphenyltetrazole drugs for inactivation of
rattlesnake venom components: "Biology of the PitVipers4
Conference", 13-16 July 2022 2022--Discovery of a new
generation of angiotensin receptor blocking drugs: Receptor mechanisms and in
silico binding to enzymes relevant to SARS-CoV-2
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the Driving Forces That Trigger Mutations in SARS-CoV-2: Mutational Energetics
and the Role of Arginine Blockers in COVID-19 Therapy
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Proteome and Sub-Metalloproteome Interaction Map: Relevance to Myelin-Related
Neurological Diseases – Brain Sci. 12(4):434. doi:
10.3390/brainsci12040434. 2022--Diminazene
Aceturate Reduces Angiotensin II Constriction and Interacts with the Spike
Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
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endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceutical and personal care products
during drinking water disinfection – Sci. Total
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dynamics simulation of gas-phase ozone reactions with sabinene and benzene –
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2018--Chlorination
of oxybenzone and prediction of transformation products using non-equilibrium
“forced” molecular dynamics – Desal. Water Treat. 114:31-50. doi:
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2017--Molecular
simulations of polyamide membrane materials used in desalination and water
reuse applications: Recent developments and future prospects
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