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Palmitic acid

A saturated long-chain fatty acid.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - theoretical effect

How it helps

Antiviral

Drug status

Natural product

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 Clinical trials

General information

Palmitic acid on PubChem

Synonyms

Hexadecanoic acid; Cetylic acid

 

Structure image - Palmitic acid

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

Supporting references

Link Tested on Impact factor Notes Publication date
Bacillus species; a potential source of anti-SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors
3CLpro Small molecule In silico 		in silico 3.22

Predicted to bind the SARS-CoV-2 3C-like protease.

 Jan/15/2021

AI-suggested references

Link Publication date
Natural products may interfere with SARS-CoV-2 attachment to the host cell
Oct/29/2021
A Palmitic Acid-Conjugated, Peptide-Based pan-CoV Fusion Inhibitor Potently Inhibits Infection of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Other Variants of Concern
Mar/06/2022
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