Repurposing Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Potential Treatments for COVID-19
Repurposing Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Potential Treatments for COVID-19
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DOI:
10.1007/s11095-020-02842-8
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发表时间:
2020-05-25
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Ekins, Sean
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作者:
Baker, Nancy;Williams, Antony J.;Ekins, Sean
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an important role for drug repurposing. Quaternary ammonium compounds such as ammonium chloride, cetylpyridinium and miramistin represent widely accessible antiseptic molecules with well-known broad-spectrum antiviral activities and represent a repurposing opportunity as therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2.