Molecules (May 2024)

Molecular Docking Approach for Biological Interaction of Green Synthesized Nanoparticles

  • Pallab Kar,
  • Ayodeji O. Oriola,
  • Adebola O. Oyedeji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112428
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 11
p. 2428

Abstract

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In recent years, significant progress has been made in the subject of nanotechnology, with a range of methods developed to synthesize precise-sized and shaped nanoparticles according to particular requirements. Often, the nanoparticles are created by employing dangerous reducing chemicals to reduce metal ions into uncharged nanoparticles. Green synthesis or biological approaches have been used recently to circumvent this issue because biological techniques are simple, inexpensive, safe, clean, and extremely productive. Nowadays, much research is being conducted on how different kinds of nanoparticles connect to proteins and nucleic acids using molecular docking models. Therefore, this review discusses the most recent advancements in molecular docking capacity to predict the interactions between various nanoparticles (NPs), such as ZnO, CuO, Ag, Au, and Fe3O4, and biological macromolecules.

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