STUDIES IN SILICO-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. V. THE PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF CERTAIN POLYETHERS FROM TETRACHLOROSILANE, HEXACHLORODISILANE, AND HEXACHLORODISILOXANE1

1948 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWIN W. ABRAHAMSON ◽  
IRVING JOFFE ◽  
HOWARD W. POST
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
In Silico

In silico prediction of binding capacity and interaction forces of organic compounds with α- and β-cyclodextrins

2020 ◽  
Vol 302 ◽  
pp. 112585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peiwen Di ◽  
Jianhui Chen ◽  
Liping Liu ◽  
Weihua Li ◽  
Yun Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
In Silico Prediction ◽  
Interaction Forces

STUDIES IN SILICO-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. XXVIII. THE PREPARATION OF p-TRIALKYLSILYLPHENYLCARBINOLS

1954 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 1749-1752 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP J. CAMPAGNA ◽  
HOWARD W. POST
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
In Silico

STUDIES IN SILICO-ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. XV. THE PREPARATION OF ALKYLMERCAPTOSILANES

1951 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEON WOLINSKI ◽  
HOWARD TIECKELMANN ◽  
HOWARD W. POST
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
In Silico

scholarly journals Evaluating In Silico the Potential Health and Environmental Benefits of Houseplant Volatile Organic Compounds for an Emerging ‘Indoor Forest Bathing’ Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Valentina Roviello ◽  
Pasqualina Liana Scognamiglio ◽  
Ugo Caruso ◽  
Caterina Vicidomini ◽  
Giovanni N. Roviello
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compound ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
In Silico ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Forest Bathing ◽  
In Silico Studies ◽  
Volatile Organic

The practice of spending time in green areas to gain the health benefits provided by trees is well known, especially in Asia, as ‘forest bathing’, and the consequent protective and experimentally detectable effects on the human body have been linked to the biogenic volatile organic compounds released by plants. Houseplants are common in houses over the globe and are particularly appreciated for aesthetic reasons as well for their ability to purify air from some environmental volatile pollutants indoors. However, to the best of our knowledge, no attempt has been made to describe the health benefits achievable from houseplants thanks to the biogenic volatile organic compounds released, especially during the day, from some of them. Therefore, we performed the present study, based on both a literature analysis and in silico studies, to investigate whether the volatile compounds and aerosol constituents emitted by some of the most common houseplants (such as peace lily plant, Spathiphyllum wallisii, and iron plant, Aspidistra eliator) could be exploited in ‘indoor forest bathing’ approaches, as proposed here for the first time not only in private houses but also public spaces, such as offices, hospitals, and schools. By using molecular docking (MD) and other in silico methodologies for estimating vapor pressures and chemico-physical/pharmacokinetic properties prediction, we found that β-costol is an organic compound, emitted in appreciable amounts by the houseplant Spathiphyllum wallisii, endowed with potential antiviral properties as emerged by our MD calculations in a SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (main protease) inhibition study, together with sesquirosefuran. Our studies suggest that the anti-COVID-19 potential of these houseplant-emitted compounds is comparable or even higher than known Mpro inhibitors, such as eugenol, and sustain the utility of houseplants as indoor biogenic volatile organic compound emitters for immunity boosting and health protection.

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