In silico docking studies of aldose reductase inhibitory activity of commercially available flavonoids

Authors

  • Arumugam Madeswaran Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • Muthuswamy Umamaheswari Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • Kuppusamy Asokkumar Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • Thirumalaisamy Sivashanmugam Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • Varadharajan Subhadradevi Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
  • Puliyath Jagannath Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjp.v7i4.12314

Keywords:

Binding energy, Inhibition constant, Intermolecular energy, Ligands

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the aldose reductase inhibitory activity of flavonoids using in silico docking studies. In this perspective, flavonoids like biochanin, butein, esculatin, fisetin and herbacetin were selected. Epalrestat, a known aldose reductase inhibitor was used as the standard. In silico docking studies were carried out using AutoDock 4.2, based on the Lamarckian genetic algorithm principle. The results showed that all the selected flavonoids showed binding energy ranging between -9.33 kcal/mol to -7.23 kcal/mol when compared with that of the standard (-8.73 kcal/mol). Inhibition constant (144.13 µM to 4.98 µM) and intermolecular energy (-11.42 kcal/mol to -7.83 kcal/mol) of the flavonoids also coincide with the binding energy. All the selected flavonoids contributed aldose reductase inhibitory activity because of its structural properties. These molecular docking analyses could lead to the further development of potent aldose reductase inhibitors for the treatment of diabetes.

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2012-11-03

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Madeswaran, A., M. Umamaheswari, K. Asokkumar, T. Sivashanmugam, V. Subhadradevi, and P. Jagannath. “In Silico Docking Studies of Aldose Reductase Inhibitory Activity of Commercially Available Flavonoids”. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 7, no. 4, Nov. 2012, pp. 266-71, doi:10.3329/bjp.v7i4.12314.

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Vol. 7 No. 4 (2012)

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