The free, esterified, and insoluble-bound phenolic profiles of Rhus chinensis Mill. fruits and their pancreatic lipase inhibitory activities with molecular docking analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 729-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengting Zhang ◽  
Yanli Ma ◽  
Fanding Gao ◽  
Yingxin Zhao ◽  
Shengbao Cai ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 1934578X0800300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifedayo V. Ogungbe ◽  
William N. Setzer

A molecular docking analysis has been carried out using monoterpene and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and triterpenoids that have shown enzyme inhibitory activity as ligands for the cysteine protease cruzain. The binding energies of the docked ligands roughly correlate with their inhibitory activities. The orientations of the docked ligands are consistent with a mechanism whereby these hydrophobic compounds dock into a hydrophobic pocket near the active site, thereby blocking binding of the protein target to the protease.


Author(s):  
Narges Mohammadi ◽  
Neda Shaghaghi

<p>Due to the reported high ability of virulence of COVID_19 in recent months, several studies have been conducted to discover and introduce COVID_19 antiviral drugs. The results of numerous studies have shown that protease inhibitors , which make up the major part of plant derivatives can therefore be very effective in controlling virus-induced infection. The aim of this research is the bioinformatical study of COVID_19 inhibition by Secendary Metabolite of medicinal herbs. This is a descriptive-analytic study. In the present study , the structure of Secendary Metabolite and COVID_19 protease was received from the databases such as PubChem and Protein Data Bank (PDB). After that, Molecular Docking was performed by MVD(molegro virtual docker) software.The results are identified to have inhibitory activities against novel COVID-19 protease. Of these compounds, Curcumin has a stronger bond and high affinity with protease. Finally, with due attention to the high effectiveness function of plant compounds, we can conclude that these compounds may be considered as effectire COVID_19 antiprotease drugs.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1801301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yike Yue ◽  
Yongsheng Chen ◽  
Sheng Geng ◽  
Guizhao Liang ◽  
Benguo Liu

Fisetin is a flavonoid widespread in vegetables, fruits and medicinal plants. The in vitro antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of fisetin were systemically investigated in this study. The DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging performance of fisetin was higher than that of BHA. In the ORAC and PSC assays, fisetin also exhibited strong antioxidant activity. The α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of fisetin (IC50, 9.38±0.35 μg/mL) was significantly superior to that of acarbose (IC50, 1.07±0.15 mg/mL). Its inhibition type was determined to be a mixed competitive and non-competitive inhibition mode. Molecular docking analysis suggested it could exert the α-glucosidase inhibitory role by forming hydrogen bonds with the TRP391, ASP392, ARG428 and ASP568 residues of α-glucosidase.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1801301
Author(s):  
Jirapast Sichaem ◽  
Santi Tip-pyang ◽  
Kiattisak Lugsanangarm

Six aporphine alkaloids (1–6) were isolated from Artabotrys spinosus roots based on bioassay-guided fraction and chromatographic methods. All isolated alkaloids were evaluated for their cholinesterase (ChEs) inhibitory activities, in which compounds 4 and 6 exhibited the highest activity toward butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE), respectively. The Lineweaver-Burk plots suggested that 4 and 6 were mixed mode inhibitors toward BChE and AChE enzymes, respectively. In addition, the experimental results were also confirmed by molecular docking analysis. This information can help in designing a new inhibitor in the class of aporphine alkaloids in against Alzheimer's disease.


Author(s):  
Narges Mohammadi ◽  
Neda Shaghaghi

<p>Due to the reported high ability of virulence of COVID_19 in recent months, several studies have been conducted to discover and introduce COVID_19 antiviral drugs. The results of numerous studies have shown that protease inhibitors , which make up the major part of plant derivatives can therefore be very effective in controlling virus-induced infection. The aim of this research is the bioinformatical study of COVID_19 inhibition by Secendary Metabolite of medicinal herbs. This is a descriptive-analytic study. In the present study , the structure of Secendary Metabolite and COVID_19 protease was received from the databases such as PubChem and Protein Data Bank (PDB). After that, Molecular Docking was performed by MVD(molegro virtual docker) software.The results are identified to have inhibitory activities against novel COVID-19 protease. Of these compounds, Curcumin has a stronger bond and high affinity with protease. Finally, with due attention to the high effectiveness function of plant compounds, we can conclude that these compounds may be considered as effectire COVID_19 antiprotease drugs.</p>


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2981
Author(s):  
Erman Salih Istifli

The aim of this study was to investigate the chemical composition, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory activities of methanol (MeOH) extracts from Onosma bourgaei (Boiss.) and O. trachytricha (Boiss.). In addition, the interactions between phytochemicals found in extracts in high amounts and the target enzymes in question were revealed at the molecular scale by performing in silico molecular docking simulations. While the total amount of flavonoid compounds was higher in O. bourgaei, O. trachytricha was richer in phenolics. Chromatographic analysis showed that the major compounds of the extracts were luteolin 7-glucoside, apigenin 7-glucoside and rosmarinic acid. With the exception of the ferrous ion chelating assay, O. trachytricha exhibited higher antioxidant activity than O. bourgaei. O. bourgaei exhibited also slightly higher activity on digestive enzymes. The inhibitory activities of the Onosma species on tyrosinase were almost equal. In addition, the inhibitory activities of the extracts on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) were stronger than the activity on butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). Molecular docking simulations revealed that luteolin 7-glucoside and apigenin 7-glucoside have particularly strong binding affinities against ChEs, tyrosinase, α-amylase and α-glucosidase when compared with co-crystallized inhibitors. Therefore, it was concluded that the compounds in question could act as effective inhibitors on cholinesterases, tyrosinase and digestive enzymes.


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