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SUBMITTER: Morad R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morad Razieh R Akbari Mahmood M Rezaee Parham P Koochaki Amin A Maaza Malik M Jamshidi Zahra Z
Scientific reports 20210122 1
From the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic, the potential antiviral properties of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) against SARS-CoV-2 suggested that these drugs could be the appropriate therapeutic candidates. However, their side effects directed clinical tests towards optimizing safe utilization strategies. The noble metal nanoparticles (NP) are promising materials with antiviral and antibacterial properties that can deliver the drug to the target agent, thereby reducing the sid ...[more]