Ayyagari Ramlal , Megha Khari , Pooja Jakhar , Iten M. Fawzy , Nisha Sogan , Xiong Liu , Muying Du , Aparna Nautiyal , Abdel Nasser B. Singab
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Abstract
Introduction
Natural products have been indispensable since immemorial and still act as a supportive healer. Parasitic diseases are a significant hurdle for humans and are responsible for global morbidity and mass mortality. Due to the building up of resistance in parasites over existing drugs and the severe side effects of the drugs, there is an urgent need to explore various plant extracts to discover novel antiparasitic agents. This article deals with the pharmacological aspects of soybeans against Plasmodium falciparum, which causes many of the deadliest and most popular diseases, such as malaria.
Methods
The molecular basis for selective inhibition of soy phytoconstituents like beta-sitosterol, soya-saponin I, soya-saponin II, soya-saponin II methyl ester, dehydrosoyasaponin I, phytic acid, and tryptophyl leucine were evaluated using in silico molecular docking approaches and molecular dynamic simulations against the falcipain-2 (FP2) and phosphoethanolamine methyltransferase (PMT) of P. falciparum.
Results
The results indicated that tryptophyl leucine exhibited potential inhibitory action against both enzymes based on pharmacophore, molecular docking, simulations, root mean square deviation, root mean square fluctuations, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity analyses.
Conclusion
Medicinal plants represent a treasure for bioactive lead compounds and eventually provide scope for further identification and investigation of novel drug candidates which may be important in the design of selective PfPMT/PfFP-2 inhibitors as potential antimalarials.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Herbal Medicine, the official journal of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, is a peer reviewed journal which aims to serve its readers as an authoritative resource on the profession and practice of herbal medicine. The content areas of the journal reflect the interests of Medical Herbalists and other health professionals interested in the clinical and professional application of botanical medicines. The objective is to strengthen the research and educational base of herbal medicine with research papers in the form of case studies, original research articles and reviews, monographs, clinical trials and relevant in vitro studies. It also publishes policy statements, opinion pieces, book reviews, conference proceedings and profession related information such as pharmacovigilance reports providing an information source for not only the Herbal Practitioner but any Health professional with an interest in phytotherapy.