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ArticleScientific reports2020

Computational analysis of eugenol inhibitory activity in lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase pathways.

Francisco das Chagas Pereira de Andrade, Anderson Nogueira Mendes

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francisco das Chagas Pereira de AndradeLaboratory of Innovation in Science and Technology - LACITEC, Department of Biophysics and Physiology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64049-550, Brazil.
Anderson Nogueira MendesLaboratory of Innovation in Science and Technology - LACITEC, Department of Biophysics and Physiology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64049-550, Brazil. anderson.mendes@ufpi.edu.br.
Universidade Federal do Piauí · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation is triggered by numerous diseases such as osteoarthritis, Crohn's disease and cancer. The control of the pro-inflammatory process can prevent, mitigate and/or inhibit the evolution of these diseases. Therefore, anti-inflammatory drugs have been studied as possible compounds to act in these diseases. This paper proposes a computational analysis of eugenol in relation to aspirin and diclofenac and analyzing the ADMET profile and interactions with COX-2 and 5-LOX enzymes, important enzymes in the signaling pathway of pro-inflammatory processes. Through the analysis of ADMET in silico, it was found that the pharmacokinetic results of eugenol are similar to NSAIDs, such as diclofenac and aspirin. Bioinformatics analysis using coupling tests showed that eugenol can bind to COX-2 and 5-LOX. These results corroborate with different findings in the literature that demonstrate anti-inflammatory activity with less gastric irritation, bleeding and ulcerogenic side effects of eugenol. The results of bioinformatics reinforce studies that try to propose eugenol as an anti-inflammatory compound that can act in the COX-2/5-LOX pathways, replacing some NSAIDs in different diseases.

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Anti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalComputational BiologyCyclooxygenase 1Cyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsEugenolHumansLipoxygenaseLipoxygenase InhibitorsMolecular Docking SimulationAnti-Infective AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCyclooxygenase 1Cyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsEugenolLipoxygenaseLipoxygenase Inhibitors

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PMID33004893
PMCPMC7530671
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