Multitarget Potential of Phytochemicals from Traditional Medicinal Tree, Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arnot as Potential Medicaments for Cardiovascular Disease: An In-Silico Approach. 2023

Vikas Kumar, and Nitin Sharma, and Raha Orfali, and Chirag N Patel, and Radwan Alnajjar, and Rakshandha Saini, and Anuradha Sourirajan, and Prem Kumar Khosla, and Kamal Dev, and Shagufta Perveen
University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Mohali 140413, Punjab, India.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arnot of the Combretaceae family is one of the most frequently approved and utilized medicinal trees in the traditional medicinal system, which was used for the treatment of a variety of diseases, including cardiovascular disorders. The present study aims to identify phytochemicals from T. arjuna, that do not exhibit any toxicity and have significant cardioprotective activity using an in-silico technique. Four different cardiovascular proteins, namely human angiotensin receptor (PDB ID: 4YAY), P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK, PDB ID: 4DLI), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-Co A) reductase (PDB ID: 1HW9), and human C-reactive protein (PDB ID: 1B09), were used as target proteins to identify potential inhibitors using a virtual screening of the phytochemicals in T. arjuna revealed casuarinin as a potential inhibitor of all selected target proteins with strong binding energy. Furthermore, MD simulations for a 100 ns time scale also revealed that most of the key protein contacts of all target proteins were retained throughout the simulation trajectories. Binding free energy calculations using the MM-GBSA approach also support a strong inhibitory effect of casuarinin on target proteins. Casuarinin's effective binding to these proteins lays the groundwork for the development of broad-spectrum drugs as well as the understanding of the underlying mechanism against cardiovascular diseases through in vivo and clinical studies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010936 Plant Extracts Concentrated pharmaceutical preparations of plants obtained by removing active constituents with a suitable solvent, which is evaporated away, and adjusting the residue to a prescribed standard. Herbal Medicines,Plant Extract,Extract, Plant,Extracts, Plant,Medicines, Herbal
D002318 Cardiovascular Diseases Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM. Adverse Cardiac Event,Cardiac Events,Major Adverse Cardiac Events,Adverse Cardiac Events,Cardiac Event,Cardiac Event, Adverse,Cardiac Events, Adverse,Cardiovascular Disease,Disease, Cardiovascular,Event, Cardiac
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014197 Trees Woody, usually tall, perennial higher plants (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, and some Pterophyta) having usually a main stem and numerous branches. Tree
D029766 Terminalia A plant genus of the family COMBRETACEAE. Members contain arjunin, an ellagitannin (TANNINS). Myrobalans,Arjun Tree,Arjuna Tree,Terminalia arjuna,Arjun Trees,Arjuna Trees,Myrobalan,Terminalias,Tree, Arjun,Tree, Arjuna,Trees, Arjun,Trees, Arjuna
D064209 Phytochemicals A broad range of biologically active compounds which occur naturally in plants having important medicinal and nutritional properties. Dietary Phytochemical,Plant Bioactive Compound,Plant Biologically Active Compound,Plant-Derived Chemical,Plant-Derived Compound,Bioactive Coumpounds, Plant,Biologically Active Coumpounds, Plant,Dietary Phytochemicals,Phytochemical,Phytonutrient,Phytonutrients,Plant Bioactive Compounds,Plant Biologically Active Compounds,Plant-Derived Chemicals,Plant-Derived Compounds,Bioactive Compound, Plant,Bioactive Compounds, Plant,Chemical, Plant-Derived,Chemicals, Plant-Derived,Compound, Plant Bioactive,Compound, Plant-Derived,Compounds, Plant Bioactive,Compounds, Plant-Derived,Coumpounds, Plant Bioactive,Phytochemical, Dietary,Phytochemicals, Dietary,Plant Bioactive Coumpounds,Plant Derived Chemical,Plant Derived Chemicals,Plant Derived Compound,Plant Derived Compounds

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