scholarly journals GC-MS Analysis and Molecular Docking Studies of Active Phytochemicals from Medicinal Plants against Malassezia Globosa LIP1 (SMG1) Enzyme

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2762-2775

Malassezia globosa LIP1 (SMG1) lipase plays a crucial role in the pathogenicity of M. globosa in dandruff sufferers. In this study, GC-MS analysis of selected medicinal plants was done, and antifungal activity of these identified phytochemicals was checked by molecular docking method against Malassezia globosa LIP1 (SMG1) lipase using AutoDock 4.0. SwissADME tool was used to analyze the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) of phytoligands. GC-MS showed various phytoconstituents in the Glycyrrhiza glabra extract, including glabridin, 2-propenal, 3-phenyl-eugenol, 4'-O-methylglabridin, hispaglabridin A, stigmast-5-en-3-ol, stigmasta-5,3-dien-7-one, glabrol. Punica granatum extract contains hydroxymethylfurfural, stigmast-5-en-3-ol, 4h-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-, 1,2,3-benzenetriol, d-glucopyranose, 1,6-anhydro- as the major compounds. Among one hundred thirty screened compounds, twenty-one followed Lipinski’s rule of five and were nontoxic in nature. Docking results reveal that among all, β-sitosterol, stigmatsa-5,3-dien- 7-one, glabrol and 22,23-dibromostigmast-5-en-3-yl acetate (DBSA) showed the highest binding affinity with SMG1 i.e. -6.29 kcal/mol, -6.50 kcal/mol, -10.12 kcal/mol and -11.04 kcal/mol respectively as compared to standard inhibitor RHC 80267 (-5.83 kcal/mol). From the results, we conclude that the lead compounds may be used as potential anti-dandruff agents. Plant-based anti-dandruff products are eco-friendly and considered a safe alternative due to their less or negligible side effects.

Author(s):  
Peter Juma Ochieng ◽  
Tony Sumaryada ◽  
Daniel Okun

  Objective: To perform molecular docking and pharmacokinetic prediction of momordicoside F2, beta-sitosterol, and cis-N-feruloyltyramine herbal derivatives as maltase-glucoamylase (MGAM) inhibitors for the treatment of diabetes.Methods: The herbal derivatives and standard drug miglitol were docked differently onto MGAM receptor using AutoDock Vina software. In addition, Lipinski’s rule, drug-likeness, and absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) properties were analyzed using Molinspiration, ADMET structure–activity relationship, and prediction of activity spectra for substances online tools.Results: Docking studies reveal that momordicoside F2, beta-sitosterol, and cis-N-feruloyltyramine derivatives have high binding affinity to the MGAM receptor (−7.8, −6.8, and −6.5 Kcal/Mol, respectively) as compared to standard drug miglitol (−5.3 Kcal/Mol). In addition, all the herbal derivatives indicate good bioavailability (topological polar surface area <140 Ȧ and Nrot <10) without toxicity or mutagenic effects.Conclusion: The molecular docking and pharmacokinetic information of herbal derivatives obtained in this study can be utilized to develop novel MGAM inhibitors having antidiabetic potential with better pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics profile.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 9871-9879

Neurodegenerative diseases have been characterized by loss of neuron structures as well as their functions. This study was designed to assess molecular docking of flavonoids from Andrographis paniculata as potential acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Eight identified possible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, and monoamine oxidase from Andrographis paniculata were retrieved from the PubChem database. The molecular docking, ADMET, and Lipinski’s rule of five were examined using different bioinformatic tools. It was shown that only rutin has the highest binding affinity (-12.6 kcal/mol) than the standard used. ADMET results demonstrated that all the eight compounds are druggable candidates except rutin. Also, only tangeritin has a blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeation potential. Hence, it can be deduced that all flavonoid compounds from Andrographis paniculata are orally druggable, which can make them useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases better than donepezil.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1425
Author(s):  
Yuvaraj Dinakarkumar ◽  
Jothi Ramalingam Rajabathar ◽  
Selvaraj Arokiyaraj ◽  
Iyyappan Jeyaraj ◽  
Sai Ramesh Anjaneyulu ◽  
...  

Methane is a greenhouse gas which poses a great threat to life on earth as its emissions directly contribute to global warming and methane has a 28-fold higher warming potential over that of carbon dioxide. Ruminants have been identified as a major source of methane emission as a result of methanogenesis by their respective gut microbiomes. Various plants produce highly bioactive compounds which can be investigated to find a potential inhibitor of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (the target protein for methanogenesis). To speed up the process and to limit the use of laboratory resources, the present study uses an in-silico molecular docking approach to explore the anti-methanogenic properties of phytochemicals from Cymbopogon citratus, Origanum vulgare, Lavandula officinalis, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Piper betle, Cuminum cyminum, Ocimum gratissimum, Salvia sclarea, Allium sativum, Rosmarinus officinalis and Thymus vulgaris. A total of 168 compounds from 11 plants were virtually screened. Finally, 25 scrutinized compounds were evaluated against methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) protein using the AutoDock 4.0 program. In conclusion, the study identified 21 out of 25 compounds against inhibition of the MCR protein. Particularly, five compounds: rosmarinic acid (−10.71 kcal/mol), biotin (−9.38 kcal/mol), α-cadinol (−8.16 kcal/mol), (3R,3aS,6R,6aR)-3-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-6-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-1-one (−12.21 kcal/mol), and 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5decyn4,7diol (−9.02 kcal/mol) showed higher binding energy towards the MCR protein. In turn, these compounds have potential utility as rumen methanogenic inhibitors in the proposed methane inhibitor program. Ultimately, molecular dynamics simulations of rosmarinic acid and (3R,3aS,6R,6aR) -3-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-4-yl)-6-(2H-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-1-one yielded the best possible interaction and stability with the active site of 5A8K protein for 20 ns.


Author(s):  
Saurabh Kumar Jha ◽  
Pravir Kumar

  Objective: Naringenin is a dietary biomolecule with broad spectrum of activities which protects neurons from various neurotoxic insults and improves cognition and motor function in neurodegenerative diseases. DJ-1 has both, ubiquitin E3 ligase as well as chaperonic activity, and loss of ubiquitin E3 ligase activity of DJ-1 has been found to be associated with familial Parkinson’s disease (PD). Naringenin induced E3 ligase activity of DJ-1 which can have possible clinical relevance in PD.Methods: Various in silico parameters such as phylogenetic analysis, homology modeling, active site prediction, and molecular docking studies using AutoDock 4.2.1 and LIGPLOT1.4.5 were carried out.Results: Three-dimensional structure of DJ-1 was generated and Ramachandran plot was obtained for quality assessment. RAMPAGE displayed 99.5% of residues in the most favored regions. 0% residues in additionally allowed and 0.5% disallowed regions of DJ-1 protein. Further, initial screenings of the molecules were done based on Lipinski’s rule of five. CastP server used to predict the ligand binding site suggests that this protein can be utilized as a potential drug target. Finally, we have found naringenin to be most effective among four biomolecules in modulating DJ-1 based on minimum inhibition constant, Ki, and highest negative free energy of binding with maximum interacting surface area in the course of docking studies.Conclusion: Our study suggests that based on different in silico parameters and molecular docking studies, naringenin can provide a new avenue for PD therapeutics.


Author(s):  
SANGEETA RANI ◽  
KAVITA GAHLOT ◽  
ARVIND KUMAR

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the diabetic effect of phytocompounds isolated from Cressa cretica Linn. using spectroscopic analysis and molecular docking studies. Methods: Coarse powder of the whole plant of C. cretica was extracted with methanol, extracted part was subjected to silica column isolation, and two compounds: 2-Isopropyl-4-(1-methyl-dodeca-2,4-dienyloxy)-benzene-1,3,5-triol (Compound CN-01) and 11-Methyl-dodeca-2,4,6,8,10-pentenoic acid 2,3-dihydroxy-5-methyl-phenyl ester (Compound CN-02) were isolated in pure form. The three-dimensional structure of target protein was downloaded from PDB (www.rcsb.org) Protein Data Bank, Ligand file CN – 01 and CN – 02 were converted to MDL Molfile (V2000) format using ChemSketch 2017.2.1. These files could not be used directly in AutoDock 4.0 tools; thus, they were first converted to PDB files using an open babel tool. Results: Compounds were revealed through spectroscopic analysis and screened using AutoDock 4.0 tools. Docking study recommended that CN – 01 and CN – 02 an existing phytochemical from the plant of C. cretica had the highest fitness docking score and hence could be a potent antidiabetic drug. Conclusion: In this investigation, we docked the receptor (glycogen phosphorylase protein) holds a promising lead target formation against diabetes based on molecular docking analysis (minimum hydrogen bond length and maximum docked score). Thus, these compounds can be effectively used as drugs for treating diabetes which is predicted on the basis of docking scores.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niraj Kumar Jha ◽  
Pravir Kumar

Objective: Hypoxia plays a significant role in governing many vital signalling molecules in the central nervous system (CNS). Hypoxic exposure has also been depicted as a stimulus for oxidative stress, increase in lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, blood-brain dysfunction, impaired calcium (Ca2+) homoeostasis and agglomeration of oxidized biomolecules in neurons, which act as a novel signature in diverse neurodegenerative and oncogenic processes. On the contrary, the presence of abnormally impaired expression of HIF-1α under hypoxic insult could serve as an indication of the existence of tumors and neuronal dysfunction as well. For instance, under hypoxic stress, amyloid-β protein precursor (AβPP) cleavage is triggered due to the higher expression of HIF-1α and thus leads to synaptic loss. The objective of this research is to perform comparative studies of biomolecules in regulating HIF-1α activity based on in silico approaches that could establish a potential therapeutic window for the treatment of different abnormalities associated with impaired HIF-1α.Methods: We employed various in silico methods such as drug-likeness parameters namely Lipinski filter analysis, Muscle tool, SWISS-MODEL, active site prediction, Auto Dock 4.2.1 and LigPlot1.4.5for molecular docking studies.Results: 3D structure of HIF-1α was generated and Ramachandran plot obtained for quality assessment. RAMPAGE displayed 99.5% of residues in the most favoured regions. 0% residues in additionally allowed and 0.5% disallowed regions of the HIF-1α protein. Further, initial screenings of the molecules were done based on Lipinski’s rule of five. Cast P server used to predict the ligand binding site suggests that this protein can be utilised as a potential drug target. Finally, we have found Naringenin to be most effective amongst three biomolecules in modulating HIF-1α based on minimum inhibition constant, Ki and highest negative free energy of binding with the maximum interacting surface area during docking studies.Conclusion: The present study outlines the novel potential of Biomolecules in regulating HIF-1α activity for the treatment of different abnormalities associated with impaired HIF-1α.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
Vijetha Pendyala ◽  
Vidyadhara Suryadevara ◽  
Subbarao Jampani ◽  
Suhasini Jala

Present study was an attempt to investigate the bioactive components present in the leaves of Guaiacum officinale using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis and study the antiinflammatory potential of those constituents using molecular docking studies. GC-MS analysis was done by standard protocol using the equipment JEOL GC MATE II. The identification of components was based on NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Version-11 library as well as comparison of their retention indices. The molecular docking studies were done using the commercial docking software MCULE, 1-click docking. GC-MS analysis of the alcoholic extract showed the presence of ten compounds at different retention times. The phytoconstituent 8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid was present at high concentration with % peak area of 43.3 at a retention time of 19.43 min followed by 5,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxy flavone (Wogonin) at a retention time of 17.73. All 10 compounds obtained from GC-MS analysis and diclofenac were used as the ligands in this study, with cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), phospholipase A2 and interleukin receptor as the molecular targets. in silico Docking studies revealed that the flavanoid Wogonin is having highest binding potential indicated by least docking score of -8.2, -8 and -6.9 kcal/mol on COX-2, phospholipase A2 and interleukin receptor respectively.


Author(s):  
Alisha Khandelwal ◽  
Tripti Sharma

<p>In this research a dataset of plant based bioactive compound was developed. A total of 101 phytochemicals were selected, virtually designed and its binding affinity with ACE enzyme was studied by molecular docking. Human ACE related carboxypeptidase and complex (PDB ID: 1R42) and (PDB ID: 6CS2) were selected for molecular docking studies as corona virus binds to ACE2 to enter into the host cell. Docking score results revealed that almost all selected phytochemicals binds to the pocket of the human ACE protein with high binding affinity and the scores were compared with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. The drug likeliness and ADMET analysis of all the screened compounds were performed. Two potential compound 6-α-acetoxygedunin and echitamine exhibited optimum binding with both the receptor.These phytochemicals can serve as lead molecule for further optimization and drug development against COVID-19. Therefore, it is predicted that the insights in the present study could be regarded valuable towards development of natural inhibitor of this virus.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-169
Author(s):  
OLUWAKEMI EBENEZER ◽  
MICHAEL SHAPI

Abstract Some compounds reported as active against SARS CoV were selected, and docking studies were performed using the main protease of SARS CoV-2 as the receptor. The docked complex analysis shows that the ligands selectively bind with the target residues and binding affinity of amentoflavone (–10.1 kcal mol–1), isotheaflavin-3’-gallate (–9.8 kcal mol–1), tomentin A and D (–8.0 and –8.8 kcal mol–1), theaflavin-3,3’-digallate (–8.6 kcal mol–1), papyriflavonol A (–8.4 kcal mol–1), iguesterin (–8.0 kcal mol–1) and savinin (–8.3 kcal mol–1) were ranked above the binding affinity of the reference, co-crystal ligand, ML188, a furan-2-carboxamide-based compound. To pinpoint the drug-like compound among the top-ranked compounds, the Lipinski’s rule of five and pharmacokinetic properties of all the selected compounds were evaluated. The results detailed that savinin exhibits high gastrointestinal absorption and can penetrate through the blood-brain barrier. Also, modifying these natural scaffolds with excellent binding affinity may lead to discovering of anti-SARS CoV agents with promising safety profiles.


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