MOLECULAR DOCKING STUDIES OF SOME NOVEL HYBRID TETRAOXAQUINES & DISPIROTETRAOXANES AS ANTIMALARIAL AGENTS
AbstractIn the present study, total fifteen compounds of 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane derivatives were docked. Two series of 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane derivatives were taken for molecular docking studies, one tetraoxaquines, a hybrid of two pharmacophores such as 4-aminoquinoline & 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane, and other dispirotetraoxanes. The docking studies were performed into the binding pocket of a falcipain-3 protein (pdb: 3bwk – hydrolase) by using the Ligand fit module within docking server. The results showed a better binding affinity of hybrid tetraoxaquines compared to dispirotetraoxanes at the active site of falcipain-3 because of very low binding energies for falcipain-3 protein (pdb: 3bwk – hydrolase). Therefore, hybrid tetraoxaquines are better Cysteine proteases (falcipains) inhibitors. They would be potent antimalarial agents. So the proposed inhibitors in the future could be more effective to treat malaria
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1348-59
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English
IJPSR
Kumawat Mukesh Kumar * and Chetia Dipak
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
phmukesh@gmail.com
28 August, 2015
21 February, 2016
27 February, 2016
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(3).1348-59
01 March, 2016
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