Assistant Professor Dr. Adil Ni'ema Ayyash, a lecturer in the Department of Physics - College of Science, published solid scientific research in an international journal within the Clarivate and Scopus containers, which is located within the second quarter Q2 and has an impact factor of 3 and a site score of 6 within the international publishing house SPRINGER NATURE, which is the journal Applied Nanoscience and tagged

Density functional theory and molecular docking study to lutein molecule for COVID 19 protease inhibitors

The research involved conducting molecular docking analysis on twenty natural compounds, which are expected to provide valuable molecules and drugs to treat a new case of SARS-CoV-2. The results of the research indicate that among the 20 compounds in the candidate list, lutein and polyglactin, natural components of fruits and vegetables (particularly egg yolks and maize) showed excellent performance in molecular docking studies by having minimum binding energy (−9.8 kcal/mol) as well ( - 7.4 kcal/mol), separately. This indicates their ability to inhibit molecular interactions against COVID-19. The main goal of the research is to analyze protein components and screen molecules.

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13204-022-02735-9

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02735-9