Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Sangeetha Sathyanarayan ¹, K. Sadasivan Pillai ², Mythily Udhayakumar ³, Samu Subramaniam ⁴

Affiliations
1 Assistant Professor, PG and Research Department of Biochemistry, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Affiliated to University of Madras Chennai, Tamilnadu., IN
2 Deputy Managing Director, Frontier Lifeline Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, Tamilnadu., IN
3 Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry, Regenix Super Speciality Laboratories, Affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu,, IN
4 Lab Director, Department of Biochemistry, Regenix Super Speciality Laboratories, Chennai, Tamilnadu,, IN

Abstract

Objective: The objective of the present work is to perfom in silico docking analysis against the molecular targets involved in diabetes mellitus using active compounds from Polyherbal powder. Materials and methods: Polyherbal powder is prepared using Gymnema sylvestre, Ocimum sanctum and Azadirachta indica. Three compounds from the polyherbal powder (identified using HR-LCMS) were used for the docking against the targets (α-glucosidase, α amylase, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma). Docking was performed using Autodock 4.2 software. Pymol was used for the visualization of the docking result files. Results: Binding energy of Usnic acid (-4.25 kcal/mol for 1PRG, -6.69 kcal/mol for 3WY1, -5.72 kcal/mol for 4GQQ) was low as that of standard drug Metformin (-5.07 kcal/mol for 1PRG, -6.3 kcal/mol for 3WY1, -4.02 kcal/mol for 4GQQ). Conclusion: The polyherbal powder containing the lead compounds can be used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus, Gymnema sylvestre, Ocimum sanctum, Azadirchta indica, Molecular docking.

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