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Research Articles

Molecular recognition of bio-active triterpenoids from Swertia chirayita towards hepatitis Delta antigen: a mechanism through docking, dynamics simulation, Gibbs free energy landscape

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Pages 14651-14664 | Received 29 Oct 2022, Accepted 18 Feb 2023, Published online: 01 Mar 2023

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