Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology (Nov 2012)

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

  • Arumugam Madeswaran,
  • Muthuswamy Umamaheswari,
  • Kuppusamy Asokkumar,
  • Thirumalaisamy Sivashanmugam,
  • Varadharajan Subhadradevi,
  • Puliyath Jagannath

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3329/bjp.v7i4.12314
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 4

Abstract

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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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