Plant-derived compounds effectively inhibit the main protease of SARS-CoV-2: An in silico approach

• Shafi Mahmud ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shafi Mahmud, Shamima Afrose

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Genome Sciences and Cancer, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, and The Shine-Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Shamima Afrose ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shafi Mahmud, Shamima Afrose

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Suvro Biswas,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Abir Nagata,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Regenerative Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6151-5732

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• Gobindo Kumar Paul,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Mohasana Akter Mita,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Md. Robiul Hasan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Mst. Sharmin Sultana Shimu,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Shahriar Zaman,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Md. Salah Uddin,

  Roles Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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• Md Sayeedul Islam ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saleh@ru.ac.bd (MAS); islam@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp (MSI)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

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• Md. Abu Saleh

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saleh@ru.ac.bd (MAS); islam@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp (MSI)

  Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-4763

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