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ArticleBiomolecules2018

Searching for Chymase Inhibitors among Chamomile Compounds Using a Computational-Based Approach.

Amit Dubey, Serena Dotolo, Pramod W Ramteke, Angelo Facchiano, Anna Marabotti

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Article in Biomolecules, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Amit DubeyIstituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione-CNR, via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy. ameetbioinfo@gmail.com.
Serena DotoloIstituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione-CNR, via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy. serenadotolo@hotmail.it.
Pramod W RamtekeJacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad 211007, India. pwramteke@yahoo.com.
Angelo FacchianoIstituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione-CNR, via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy. angelo.facchiano@isa.cnr.it.
Anna MarabottiDipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "A. Zambelli", Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy. amarabotti@unisa.it.
Institute of Food Science · ITIndian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad · INSam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture · INUniversity of Salerno · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitors of chymase have good potential to provide a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. We used a computational approach based on pharmacophore modeling, docking, and molecular dynamics simulations to evaluate the potential ability of 13 natural compounds from chamomile extracts to bind chymase enzyme. The results indicated that some chamomile compounds can bind to the active site of human chymase. In particular, chlorogenic acid had a predicted binding energy comparable or even better than that of some known chymase inhibitors, interacted stably with key amino acids in the chymase active site, and appeared to be more selective for chymase than other serine proteases. Therefore, chlorogenic acid is a promising starting point for developing new chymase inhibitors.

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Binding SitesCatalytic DomainChamomileChymasesCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme InhibitorsHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationChymasesEnzyme InhibitorsLigandscardiovascular diseaseschamomilechlorogenic acidchymasedockingmatricinmolecular dynamics simulationspharmacophore

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PMID30583487
PMCPMC6358779
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