Molecular Docking and ADMET Prediction Studies of Flavonoids as Multi-Target Agents In COVID-19 Therapy: Anti-Inflammatory and Antiviral Approaches

Nugroho, Arief Adi and Hadi, Muhammad Sulhan and Adianto, Candra and Putra, Juniawan Akbar Kharisma and Purnomo, Hari and Fakhrudin, Nanang (2023) Molecular Docking and ADMET Prediction Studies of Flavonoids as Multi-Target Agents In COVID-19 Therapy: Anti-Inflammatory and Antiviral Approaches. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy, 34 (4). 651 – 664. ISSN 23389427

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Abstract

Hyper-inflammatory reactions due to cytokine storm lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and are responsible for COVID-19 death toll. Thus, the pathways involved in inflammation and SARS-COV-2 replication represent promising therapeutic targets. By employing a computational model, we investigated the effect of plant flavonoids on pro-inflammatory proteins (glucocorticoid receptor GR, cyclooxygenase-2 COX-2, and 5-lipoxygenase LOX enzymes) and proteins involved in virus replication (main protease Mpro and papain-like protease PLpro). This in silico study aimed to identify promising flavonoids with anti-inflammatory and antiviral activities (multi-target) for combating COVID-19. The selected target proteins were Mpro (PDB ID: 6LU7), PLpro (PDBID: 6WX4), COX-2 (PDBID: 6COX), LOX (PDBID: 6N2W), and GR (PDBID: 1P93). We conducted molecular docking using PLANTS software and obtained Lipinski’s “Rule-of-Five” parameters and the predicted pharmacokinetic and toxicity profiles using the pkCSM online platform. Results showed that two flavonoids, diosmin and hesperidin, exhibited a low binding score and higher strength than the reference ligands for the target proteins Mpro, PLpro, and LOX. Both compounds interacted with the amino acid residues of the protein targets through hydrogen bonds and showed similar binding patterns to approved drugs and native ligands. The prediction of ADMET and drug-likeness profiles indicated that these two compounds have low toxicity and good pharmacokinetic properties, except for the absorption profile. Therefore, hesperidin and diosmin are promising multi-target agents for COVID-19 treatment through inhibition of inflammatory progression and virus replication. Copyright © 2023 by Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy (IJP).

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: SARS-Cov-2, medicinal plant, anti-virus, anti-inflammation, insilico
Subjects: R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Faculty of Pharmacy
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2024 03:20
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2024 03:20
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/6000

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