scholarly journals Synthesis, ABTS-Radical Scavenging Activity, and Antiproliferative and Molecular Docking Studies of Novel Pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline Derivatives

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (22) ◽  
pp. 2529-2545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandrika Nanjappa ◽  
Suresha Kumara T. Hanumanthappa ◽  
Gopalpur Nagendrappa ◽  
Pasura Subbaiah Sujan Ganapathy ◽  
Shirur Dakappa Shruthi ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthilkumar Arumugam ◽  
Swati Sucharita Dash ◽  
Kartik Mitra ◽  
Mukesh Doble ◽  
Sathyanarayana N.Gummadi

Stem and bark of the tree Terminalia arjuna Wight &Arn. (Combretaceae) has been documented to exhibit therapeutic properties like cardiotonic, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, hypocholsteremic, hypolipidemic and anti-coagulant. In previous studies, ethanolic extract of T.arjunabark effectively inhibited catalase activity along with demonstration of DPPH radical scavenging activity. Further,four known oleananetriterpenoids type compounds viz., oleanolic acid, arjunolic acid, arjunolitin, arjunetin were isolated from ethaolic bark extract and the structures of which were elucidated using 1 H, 13C NMR, HR-ESIMS, IR and compared with literature data. Of the various compounds, Arjunetin showed significant inhibition of catalase activity as compared to the other compounds and most probably conferring antibacterial and antiviral property of the extract. In the present study, considering the currently on going viral pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 and the need for an effective antiviral agent, T.arjuna with its cardioprotective ability and inhibitory action against catalase presents to be a promising candidate against the virus. Molecular docking studies showed that arjunetin binds to protease of SARS-CoV-2 (3CL, PL andRdRP) and had higher binder energy values (3CL, -8.4 kcal/mol; PL, -7.6 kcal/mol and RdRP, -8.1 kcal/mol as compared with FDA approved protease inhibitor drugs lopinavir (3CL, -7.2 kcal/mole and PL -7.7 kcal/mole) and Remdesivir (RdRP -7.6 kcal/ mole). We conclude that there is profound evidence of arjunetin as a potential protease inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 which is comparable to FDA approved antivirals Lopinavir and Remdesivir and can serve as a candidate for drug development against SARS-CoV-2.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthilkumar Arumugam ◽  
Swati Sucharita Dash ◽  
Kartik Mitra ◽  
Mukesh Doble ◽  
Sathyanarayana N.Gummadi

Stem and bark of the tree Terminalia arjuna Wight &Arn. (Combretaceae) has been documented to exhibit therapeutic properties like cardiotonic, anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, hypocholsteremic, hypolipidemic and anti-coagulant. In previous studies, ethanolic extract of T.arjunabark effectively inhibited catalase activity along with demonstration of DPPH radical scavenging activity. Further,four known oleananetriterpenoids type compounds viz., oleanolic acid, arjunolic acid, arjunolitin, arjunetin were isolated from ethaolic bark extract and the structures of which were elucidated using 1 H, 13C NMR, HR-ESIMS, IR and compared with literature data. Of the various compounds, Arjunetin showed significant inhibition of catalase activity as compared to the other compounds and most probably conferring antibacterial and antiviral property of the extract. In the present study, considering the currently on going viral pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 and the need for an effective antiviral agent, T.arjuna with its cardioprotective ability and inhibitory action against catalase presents to be a promising candidate against the virus. Molecular docking studies showed that arjunetin binds to protease of SARS-CoV-2 (3CL, PL andRdRP) and had higher binder energy values (3CL, -8.4 kcal/mol; PL, -7.6 kcal/mol and RdRP, -8.1 kcal/mol as compared with FDA approved protease inhibitor drugs lopinavir (3CL, -7.2 kcal/mole and PL -7.7 kcal/mole) and Remdesivir (RdRP -7.6 kcal/ mole). We conclude that there is profound evidence of arjunetin as a potential protease inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 which is comparable to FDA approved antivirals Lopinavir and Remdesivir and can serve as a candidate for drug development against SARS-CoV-2.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1070 ◽  
pp. 10-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumaiya Tabassum ◽  
T.H. Suresha Kumara ◽  
Jerry P. Jasinski ◽  
Sean P. Millikan ◽  
H.S. Yathirajan ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Nadia Ali Ahmed Elkanzi ◽  
Hajer Hrichi ◽  
Rania B. Bakr

Background: The 1,4-naphthoquinone ring has attracted prominent interest in the field of medicinal chemistry due to its potent pharmacological activity as antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer. Objective: Herein, a series of new Schiff bases (4-6) and chalcones (8a-c & 9a-d) bearing 1,4-naphthoquinone moiety were synthesized in good yields and were subjected to in-vitro antimicrobial, antioxidant, and molecular docking testing. Methods: A facile protocol has been described in this study for the synthesis of new derivatives (4-7, 8a-c, and 9a-d) bearing 1,4-naphthoquinone moiety. The chemical structures of all the synthesized compounds were identified by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, MS, and elemental analyses. Moreover, these derivatives were assessed for their in-vitro antimicrobial activity against gram-positive, gram-negative bacteria, and fungal strains. Further studies were conducted to test their antioxidant activity using DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) scavenging assay. Molecular docking studies were realized to identify the most likely interactions of the novel compounds within the protein receptor. Results: The antimicrobial results showed that most of the compounds displayed good efficacy against both bacterial and fungal strains. The antioxidant study revealed that compounds 9d, 9a, 9b, 8c, and 6 exhibited the highest radical scavenging activity. Docking studies of the most active antimicrobial compounds within GLN- 6-P, recorded good scores with several binding interactions with the active sites. Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, it was found that compounds 8b, 9b, and 9c displayed the highest activity against both bacterial and fungal strains. The obtained findings from the DPPH radical scavenging method revealed that compounds 9d and 9a exhibited the strongest scavenging potential. The molecular docking studies proved that the most active antimicrobial compounds 8b, 9b and 9c displayed the highest energy binding scores within the glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (GlcN-6-P) active site.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 780-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumaramangalam Jeyalakshmi ◽  
Yuvaraj Arun ◽  
Nattamai S. P. Bhuvanesh ◽  
Paramasivan Thirumalai Perumal ◽  
Anandaram Sreekanth ◽  
...  

Copper(ii) complexes containing trisubstituted guanidine ligands were prepared, characterized and evaluated for their biological applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-271
Author(s):  
M. Chandrabalan Kamaraj ◽  
Ramakrishnan Akshaya ◽  
Dandapani Sudhakaran Iyer

The purpose of this study was to investigate the antidiabetic effect of phytocompounds from Swietenia macrophylla seed using preliminary phytochemical screening, invitro antioxidant activity and molecular docking studies. The powdered seed extract of Swietenia macrophylla was to investigate the phytochemical screening exhibited the presence of alkaloid, phenols, tannins, flavonoids, terpenoids, steroids, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins as major active constituents. The antioxidant activity of Swietenia macrophylla seed was evaluated by DPPH free radical scavenging assay. Rutin was used as a reference compound. The Swietenia macrophylla seed exhibited 56.0471% of free radical scavenging activity as compared with rutin. The molecular docking studies performed by using molecular docking server online respectively in which the antidiabetic target namely glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT) (PDB id: 2ZJ3) have a potential interaction with swietenine, swietenolide, β-sitosterol, and fucosterol. In this study, the protein glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (GFAT) was used from its structure perspectives. Its primary and secondary structures were evaluated using online tools. Its role in antidiabetic was assessed by molecular docking the compounds present in the seed extract of Swietenia macrophylla assayed by GC-MS analysis. This in-silico study demonstrates the interactions of active components of Swietenia macrophylla against Type I and Type II diabetes.


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