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Type 2 diabetes is an inevitably progressive disease, with irreversible β cell failure. Glycogen synthase kinase and Glukokinase, two important enzymes with diverse biological actions in carbohydrate metabolism, are promising targets for developing novel antidiabetic drugs. A combinatorial structure-based molecular docking and pharmacophore modelling study was performed with the compounds of Hippophae salicifolia and H. rhamnoides as inhibitors. Docking with Discovery Studio 3.5 revealed that two compounds from H. salicifolia, viz Lutein D and an analogue of Zeaxanthin, and two compounds from H. rhamnoides, viz Isorhamnetin-3-rhamnoside and Isorhamnetin-7-glucoside, bind significantly to the GSK-3 β receptor and play a role in its inhibition; whereas in the case of Glucokinase, only one compound from both the plants, i.e. vitamin C, had good binding characteristics capable of activation. The results help to understand the type of interactions that occur between the ligands and the receptors. Toxicity predictions revealed that none of the compounds had hepatotoxic effects and had good absorption as well as solubility characteristics. The compounds did not possess plasma protein-binding, crossing blood–brain barrier ability. Further, in vivo and in vitro studies need to be performed to prove that these compounds can be used effectively as antidiabetic drugs.
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The authors wish to thank the Deanship of Life Science Research, DBT-Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility, and BT-Finishing School, at Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women, for providing infrastructure and the licensed software to carry out the project.
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[Middha SK, Goyal AK, Faizan SA, Sanghamitra N, Basistha BC and Usha T 2013 In silico–based combinatorial pharmacophore modelling and docking studies of GSK-3β and GK inhibitors of Hippophae. J. Biosci. 38 1–10] DOI 10.1007/s12038-013-9367-y
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Middha, S.K., Goyal, A.K., Faizan, S.A. et al. In silico–based combinatorial pharmacophore modelling and docking studies of GSK-3β and GK inhibitors of Hippophae . J Biosci 38, 805–814 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-013-9367-y
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