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ArticleJournal of computer-aided molecular design2026

Discovery of potent thymidine phosphorylase inhibitors from Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch with experimental validation and computational analysis.

Abdur Rauf, Saima Naz, Muhammad Umer Khan, Maha Munir, Zuneera Akram, Walaa F Alsanie, Abdulhakeem S Alamri, Amal F Alshammary, Marcello Iriti

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Abdur RaufDepartment of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. mashaljcs@yahoo.com.
Saima NazDepartment of Biotechnology, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, Pakistan.
Muhammad Umer KhanInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Maha MunirUniversity of Catanzaro Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Zuneera AkramDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Walaa F AlsanieDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulhakeem S AlamriDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Amal F AlshammaryDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Marcello IritiDepartment of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, via Luigi Vanvitelli 32, 20129, Milan, Italy. marcello.iriti@unimi.it.

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The Euphorbiaceae family Euphorbia pulcherrima is well known for its anticancer properties. The research examines the roles of two flavonoids found in E. pulcherrima in the inhibition of thymidine phosphorylase (TP), an enzyme in cancer development, metastasis, and chemotherapy resistance. This study was designed to evaluate the in vitro TP inhibitory activity of two flavonoids isolated from E. pulcherrima and to investigate their potential binding modes and interactions with TP using molecular docking analysis. In the current studies, the chemical constituents of E. pulcherrima were isolated and characterized. Both of the constituents were flavonoids, namely-5,7,8,3',4'-pentahydroxy-3-methoxyflavone (Flavonoid 1) and kaempferol-3-β-D-glucopyranosyl (Flavonoid 2). Both of the flavonoids were evaluated spectrophotometrically for TP inhibitory activity as compared to the 7-deazaxanthine, and the IC

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