UNRAVELING THE PHYTOCONSTITUENTS OF SCHLEICHERA OLEOSA AS AN ANTI-ARTHRITIC ACTIVITY: GC-MS ANALYSIS AND MOLECULAR DOCKING STUDIES

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune and inflammatory disease that primarily affects the synovial joints and eventually destroys them. Schleichera oleosa is a plant of Indian provenance that exhibits anti-rheumatoid arthritis activity. The phytochemical constituents in the methanol extract of barks from Schleichera oleosa were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in the current study. The GC–MS analysis in bark extract identified 21 phytochemical compounds. The PASS server assessed the biological activity of the reported compounds and identified six compounds with anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory activities. Subsequently, these compounds were screened through ADME/Tox and molecular docking approaches. Two compounds 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol and 2,6-DI-Tert-butylphenol qualify for all the criteria of ADME/Tox. The molecular docking method identified compounds 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol and 2,6-DI-Tert-butylphenol had binding affinity ranging between -4.89 to -6.49 kcal/mol with the active site of anti-arthritic target proteins Chitotriosidase-1 and Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1. The findings of this study will create a way to invent herbal medicines for Rheumatoid Arthritis using the Schleichera oleosa plant, potentially leading to the development of new drugs.