Assessing the therapeutic potential of agomelatine, ramelteon, and melatonin against SARS-CoV-2
Thodur Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Thodur Madapusi Balaji, Saranya Varadarajan, M.S Khalid J Alzahrani, Mohammad S Al-Ghamdi, Hosam Ali Baeshen, Mohammed Farhan A Alfarhan, Zohaib Khurshid, Shilpa Bhandi, Raghunathan Jagannathan, Vikrant R Patil, A Thirumal Raj, Jithendra Ratnayake, Shankargouda Patil
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.01.049
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