Phytochemical inhibitors of squalene epoxidase: Integrated In silico and In vitro mechanistic insights for targeting cholesterol biosynthesis

2025/03/05 by Emadeldin M. Kamel, Doaa A. Abdelrheem, Bashir Salah +1 · 9 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Computer Science · Medicine · #Biochemistry #Biology #Biosynthesis #Chemistry #Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism #Computational Drug Discovery Methods #Computational biology #Enzyme #Gene #In silico #In vitro #Phytochemical #Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis #Squalene #Squalene monooxygenase #Stereochemistry

paper · doi:10.1016/j.abb.2025.110372

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