02485nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245020000055210006900255260000900324300001400333490000700347520152300354653002601877653001301903653002201916653003401938653001901972100002101991700002002012700002602032700002702058700002302085856012302108       2024                        eng d  a0739-110200aRepurposing phytochemicals of Citrullus colocynthis against maltase-glucoamylase using molecular docking, MMGBSA, MD simulation and linear regression to identify potential anti-diabetic compounds0 aRepurposing phytochemicals of Citrullus colocynthis against malt  cJUL   a5197-52060 v423 a<p>
	Diabetes is a common lifestyle disorder found in populations of different age groups. Maltase-glucoamylase catalyses the release of the glucose molecule in the final enzymatic reaction of starch digestion; therefore, inhibition of maltase-glucoamylase is one of the approaches in the development of therapeutics for diabetes. Citrullus colocynthis is commonly recommended in Ayurveda for the treatment of diabetes. The current study applied a structure-based drug design approach to repurpose the phytochemicals of Citrullus colocynthis to identify potential inhibitors for maltase-glucoamylase. 70 phytochemicals of Citrullus colocynthis were screened against maltase-glucoamylase and top 5 molecules 8-p-hydroxybenzylisovitexin, isoorientin, cucurbitacin B, cucurbitacin E, and cucurbitacin I with significant binding energy of -10 kcal/mol, -9.9 kcal/mol, -9.6 kcal/mol, -9.2 kcal/mol, and -7.7 kcal/mol were identified. Furthermore, MMGBSA, pharmacokinetics properties and toxicity prediction were performed on the five identified molecules and top 3 molecules were selected for molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. It was observed from the structural flexibility and dynamic behaviour of the systems that conformational changes were noticed in the complexes as compared to its native state, which suggests that the 3 molecules, namely 8-p-hydroxybenzylisovitexin, isoorientin, and cucurbitacin I of Citrullus colocynthis may act as inhibitors for maltase-glucoamylase.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma</p>
10aCitrullus colocynthis10aDiabetes10alinear regression10amolecular dynamics simulation10aphytochemicals1 aSahu, Parameswar1 aSahoo, Rosaleen1 aSahu, Abhishek, Kumar1 aSaluja, Sundeep, Singh1 aBehera, Banshidhar  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/repurposing-phytochemicals-citrullus-colocynthis-against-maltase-glucoamylase-using