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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Insight into Gentisic Acid Antidiabetic Potential Using In Vitro and In Silico Approaches.

Hamza Mechchate, Imane Es-Safi, Omkulthom Mohamed Al Kamaly, Dalila Bousta

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hamza MechchateLaboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agrifood, and Health, Department of Biology, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM-Fez 30050, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0003-4571-9089
Imane Es-SafiLaboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agrifood, and Health, Department of Biology, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM-Fez 30050, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-9239-3045
Omkulthom Mohamed Al KamalyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Dalila BoustaLaboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agrifood, and Health, Department of Biology, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM-Fez 30050, Morocco.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University · MAPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous scientific studies have confirmed the beneficial therapeutic effects of phenolic acids. Among them gentisic acid (GA), a phenolic acid extensively found in many fruit and vegetables has been associated with an enormous confirmed health benefit. The present study aims to evaluate the antidiabetic potential of gentisic acid and highlight its mechanisms of action following in silico and in vitro approaches. The in silico study was intended to predict the interaction of GA with eight different receptors highly involved in the management and complications of diabetes (dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP4), protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1), aldose reductase (AldR), glycogen phosphorylase (GP), α-amylase, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) and α-glucosidase), while the in vitro study studied the potential inhibitory effect of GA against α-amylase and α-glucosidase. The results indicate that GA interacted moderately with most of the receptors and had a moderate inhibitory activity during the in vitro tests. The study therefore encourages further in vivo studies to confirm the given results.

Indexed as

alpha-Amylasesalpha-GlucosidasesFruitGentisatesGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMolecular Docking SimulationProtein Binding2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acidalpha-Amylasesalpha-GlucosidasesGentisatesGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsHypoglycemic AgentsAldRDPP4FFAR1gentisic acidGPin silicoin vitromolecular dockingPPAR-γPTP1Bα-amylaseα-glucosidase

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PMID33808152
PMCPMC8037080
OpenAlexW3142267739

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