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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2021

Crude extract and isolated bioactive compounds from Notholirion thomsonianum (Royale) Stapf as multitargets antidiabetic agents: in-vitro and molecular docking approaches.

Mater H Mahnashi, Yahya S Alqahtani, Ali O Alqarni, Bandar A Alyami, Muhammad Saeed Jan, Muhammad Ayaz, Farhat Ullah, Umer Rashid, Abdul Sadiq

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Mater H MahnashiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4837-3653
Yahya S AlqahtaniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Ali O AlqarniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Bandar A AlyamiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Saeed JanDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Swabi, Swabi, KP, Pakistan.
Muhammad AyazDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Malakand, 18000 Dir (L), KP, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Farhat UllahDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Malakand, 18000 Dir (L), KP, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Umer RashidDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Abdul SadiqDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Malakand, 18000 Dir (L), KP, Chakdara, Pakistan. sadiquom@yahoo.com.

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backgroundDiabetes mellitus is a common disease effecting the lifestyles of majority world population. In this research work, we have embarked the potential role of crude extracts and isolated compounds of Notholirion thomsonianum for the management diabetes mellitus.

methodsThe crude extracts of N. thomsonianum were initially evaluated for α-glucosidase, α-amylase and antioxidant activities. The compounds were isolated from the activity based potent solvent fraction. The structures of isolated compounds were confirmed with NMR and MS analyses. The isolated compounds were tested for α-glucosidase, α-amylase, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and DPPH activities. The molecular docking studies were carried out to find the binding interactions of isolated compounds for α-glucosidase, α-amylase and PTP1B.

resultsInitially, we screened out crude extracts and subfractions of N. thomsonianum against different in-vitro targets. Among all, Nt.EtAc was observed a potent fraction among all giving IC

conclusionsIn the light of current results, it is obvious that N. thomsonianum is potential medicinal plant for the treatment of hyperglycemia. Overall, Nt.EtAc was dominant fraction in all in-vitro activities. Three compounds Nt01, Nt02 and Nt03 were isolated from ethyl acetate fraction. The Nt03 specifically was most potent in all in-vitro assays. The molecular docking studies supported our in-vitro results. It is concluded that N. thomsonianum is a rich source of bioactive antidiabetic compounds which can be further extended to in-vivo based experiments.

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AntioxidantsDiabetes MellitusHumansHyperglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular StructurePakistanPlant ExtractsAntioxidantsHypoglycemic AgentsPlant ExtractsAntioxidantBioactive compoundsNotholirion thomsonianumProtein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B)α-Amylaseα-Glucosidase

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