Flavonoid compounds are normally present on nature being a common constituent of medicinal plants. These natural products have several health benefits, including activity against tropical parasites, such as Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. Five flavonoid active against Trypanosoma cruzi and five active against Leishmania species were submitted to molecular docking with the enzymes cruzain and trypanothione reductase from Trypanosoma cruzi and N-myristoyltransferase, dihydroorotate dehydrogenase and trypanothiona reductase from Leishmania spp. Considering the binding energies and interactions between both, compounds and enzymes, the flavonoids chrysin dimethylether and tamarixetin against T. cruzi, and luteolin and ladanein against Leishmania spp presented the best results. This study hopes to contribute to existing research on these natural products against these tropical parasites.
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Docking study of active flavonoids for Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp
Published:
21 November 2016
by MDPI
in MOL2NET'16, Conference on Molecular, Biomed., Comput. & Network Science and Engineering, 2nd ed.
congress NICEXSM-02: North-Ibero-American Congress on Exp. and Simul. Methods, Valencia, Spain-Miami, USA, 2016
Abstract:
Keywords: Flavonoids; Molecular Docking; Trypanosoma cruzi; Leishmania.