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ArticleCells2021

Exploring the Binding Pattern of Geraniol with Acetylcholinesterase through In Silico Docking, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and In Vitro Enzyme Inhibition Kinetics Studies.

Danish Iqbal, M Salman Khan, Mohd Waiz, Md Tabish Rehman, Mohammed Alaidarous, Azfar Jamal, Abdulaziz S Alothaim, Mohamed F AlAjmi, Bader Mohammed Alshehri, Saeed Banawas and 5 more

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Danish IqbalDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3033-4226
M Salman KhanClinical Biochemistry & Natural Product Research Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow 226026, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9716-8165
Mohd WaizClinical Biochemistry & Natural Product Research Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow 226026, India.
Md Tabish RehmanDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2341-900X
Mohammed AlaidarousDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6161-3834
Azfar JamalHealth and Basic Sciences Research Center, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 15341, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4671-4995
Abdulaziz S AlothaimDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed F AlAjmiDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Bader Mohammed AlshehriDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2847-0106
Saeed BanawasDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4423-8892
Mohammed AlsaweedDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3859-5455
Yahya MadkhaliDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman AlgarniDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Northern Border University, Arar 91431, Saudi Arabia.
Suliman A AlsagabyDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2242-5638
Wael AlturaikiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6947-7582
Majmaah University · SAIntegral University · INKing Saud University · SANorthern Border University · SAOregon State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition is a key element in enhancing cholinergic transmission and subsequently relieving major symptoms of several neurological and neuromuscular disorders. Here, the inhibitory potential of geraniol and its mechanism of inhibition against AChE were elucidated in vitro and validated via an in silico study. Our in vitro enzyme inhibition kinetics results show that at increasing concentrations of geraniol and substrate, Vmax did not change significantly, but Km increased, which indicates that geraniol is a competitive inhibitor against AChE with an IC

Indexed as

Molecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationAcetylcholineAcetylcholinesteraseAcyclic MonoterpenesAnimalsCholinesterase InhibitorsKineticsLigandsProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryTacrineAcetylcholineAcetylcholinesteraseAcyclic MonoterpenesCholinesterase InhibitorsgeraniolLigandsTacrineacetylcholinesteraseenzyme inhibition kineticsgeraniolmolecular dockingmolecular dynamics simulationneurological disorders

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PMID34944045
PMCPMC8700130
OpenAlexW4200460177

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