云南民族大学学报（自然科学版）2025，Vol.34Issue(1)：68-76,9.DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672-8513.2025.01.009
维生素C和甘草酸联合防治新型冠状病毒感染的作用机制研究
Study on the mechanism of vitamin C and glycyrrhizin acid in co-treatment of COVID-19
摘要
Abstract
Utilizing network pharmacology technology,this study investigated the mechanism of vitamin C(VC)and glycyrrhizic acid(GA)in prevention and treatment of COVID-19.The functional targets of VC and GA were obtained through databases from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform(TCMSP),SuperPred,SEA Search Server(SEA),DrugBank,Comparative Toxicogenomics Database(CTD),and SwissTargetPrediction.The therapeutic targets for COVID-19 were obtained from databases such as GeneCards.A"drug-disease-target"network was constructed,followed by Gene Ontology(GO)enrichment analysis,Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)pathway analysis,and protein-protein interaction(PPI)network analysis.Molecular docking simulations were performed using Autodock Vina software.A total of 667 functional targets for VC,154 functional targets for GA,and 1,586 therapeutic targets for COVID-19 were identified.There were 45 overlapping targets between VC and GA that are relevant to the pathogenic mechanisms of COVID-19.Key targets included ALB,MAPK3,EGFR,IL2,MAPK1,and CTLA4.GO analysis revealed that these targets were enriched in biological processes such as peptidyl serine phosphorylation and protein binding.KEGG analysis indicated that the targets primarily acted on pathways like the 5-hydroxytryptamine(serotonin)syn-aptic pathway.Molecular docking results demonstrated that both VC and GA exhibited strong binding affinities with critical targets such as SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease and ACE2.This study suggests that VC and GA may exert synergistic effects in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 by modulating immune system activation.关键词
新型冠状病毒感染/维生素C/甘草酸/网络药理学/作用机制Key words
COVID-19/vitamin C/glycyrrhizin/network pharmacology/mechanism of action分类
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郭永梅,徐蕊..维生素C和甘草酸联合防治新型冠状病毒感染的作用机制研究[J].云南民族大学学报（自然科学版）,2025,34(1):68-76,9.基金项目
江西省卫健委科技项目(SKJP220225895). （SKJP220225895）
