Assessing the Phytochemical Profile and Potential of Traditional Herbal Infusions against Aldose Reductase through In Silico Studies and LC-MS/MS Analysis
Applied Sciences
; 12(16):8361, 2022.
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in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2023103
ABSTRACT
In the current market, there is a growing interest in traditional herbal nutraceuticals. Therefore, herbal formulations have re-emerged as products with sought-after nutraceutical and disease-preventing properties. The health-promoting effects of herbal bioactives are attributed to the active phytoconstituents of these plants. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the putative nutraceutical effectiveness of the preparations of ten herbs (chamomile, purple coneflower, lemon verbena, pennyroyal, spearmint, oregano, marjoram, headed savory, sea buckthorn, and St. John’s wort) by combining in silico techniques and LC-MS/MS analysis. The binding potential of the selected phenolic compounds, according to literature and web databases, was investigated by using molecular target prediction tools. Aldose reductase (AR), an enzyme of polyol pathway which is related to hyperglycemic-induced pathologies, emerged as the most promising molecular target. The molecular docking results showed that rosmarinic acid, caftaric acid, naringenin, and quercetin presented the highest binding affinity. In a further step, the phytochemical profile of the examined infusions, obtained by LC-MS/MS analysis, revealed that the abovementioned compounds were present, mainly in the herbs of the Lamiaceae family, designating headed savory as the herbal infusion with possible significant inhibitory activity against AR.
Sciences: Comprehensive Works; herbal infusions; in silico techniques; molecular docking; liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS); aldose reductase (AR); phenolic compounds; Health promotion; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Phenols; Diabetes; Acids; Food; Binding; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Phytochemicals; Reductases; Formulations; Herbs; Antioxidants; Chromatography; Kinases; Rosmarinic acid; Proteins; Certification; Aldehyde reductase; Oregano; Ligands; Quercetin; Enzymes; Naringenin; Greece; Belgium; United States--US
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Traditional medicine
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English
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Applied Sciences
Year:
2022
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