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Salazar-Gómez A, Velo-Silvestre AA, Alonso-Castro AJ, Hernández-Zimbrón LF. Medicinal Plants Used for Eye Conditions in Mexico-A Review. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:1432. [PMID: 37895904 PMCID: PMC10610470 DOI: 10.3390/ph16101432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Medicinal plants have been historically significant for treating common human diseases in Mexico. Although some ethnobotanical research exists, limited ethnomedicinal data has documented medicinal plants employed for eye health. This review focuses on ethnomedicinal information and preclinical and clinical studies regarding medicinal plants used in Mexico for treating symptoms associated with eye conditions. An electronic database search was conducted by consulting scientific articles, books about Mexican herbal medicine, and academic theses. This work recorded 69 plant species belonging to 26 plant families, especially plants from the Crassulaceae family, which are used as remedies for irritation and infections in the eye. Eight of these medicinal plants have been the subject of preclinical studies using ocular models, and one medicinal plant has been tested in clinical trials. The evidence of pharmacological effects indicates the promising therapeutic potential of these medicinal plants for developing new treatments for eye conditions. However, toxicological studies are necessary to ensure safe application to the eye, particularly as traditional medicine continues to be relied upon worldwide. In addition, this review highlights the need to perform ethnobotanical and phytochemical studies in Mexico regarding the medicinal flora used as remedies for eye conditions.
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- Anuar Salazar-Gómez
- Laboratorio de Investigación Interdisciplinaria, Área de Optomtería, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (ENES-León UNAM), Blvd. UNAM 2011, Guanajuato 37684, Mexico;
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- Clínica de Optometría, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (ENES-León UNAM), Blvd. UNAM 2011, Guanajuato 37684, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Universidad de Guanajuato, Noria Alta, Colonia Noria Alta Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36250, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Interdisciplinaria, Área de Optomtería, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (ENES-León UNAM), Blvd. UNAM 2011, Guanajuato 37684, Mexico;
- Clínica de Optometría, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (ENES-León UNAM), Blvd. UNAM 2011, Guanajuato 37684, Mexico;
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Zhao Y, Li H, Wei S, Zhou X, Xiao X. Antimicrobial Effects of Chemical Compounds Isolated from Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (TCHM) Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria: A Review Paper. Mini Rev Med Chem 2019; 19:125-137. [PMID: 30332952 DOI: 10.2174/1389557518666181017143141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria seriously threaten human lives. Although antibiotic therapy is effective in the treatment of bacterial infections, the overuse of antibiotics has led to an increased risk of antibiotic resistance, putting forward urgent requirements for novel antibacterial drugs. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine (TCHM) and its constituents are considered to be potential sources of new antimicrobial agents. Currently, a series of chemical compounds purified from TCHM have been reported to fight against infections by drug-resistant bacteria. In this review, we summarized the recent findings on TCHM-derived compounds treating drug-resistant bacterial infections. Further studies are still needed for the discovery of potential antibacterial components from TCHM.
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- Yanling Zhao
- Department of Pharmacy, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing, 100039, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing, 100039, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing, 100039, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing, 100039, China
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- China Military Institute of Chinese Medicine, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing, 100039, China
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Sharifi-Rad M, Roberts TH, Matthews KR, Bezerra CF, Morais-Braga MFB, Coutinho HDM, Sharopov F, Salehi B, Yousaf Z, Sharifi-Rad M, Del Mar Contreras M, Varoni EM, Verma DR, Iriti M, Sharifi-Rad J. Ethnobotany of the genus Taraxacum-Phytochemicals and antimicrobial activity. Phytother Res 2018; 32:2131-2145. [PMID: 30039597 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Plants belonging to the genus Taraxacum have been used in traditional healthcare to treat infectious diseases including food-borne infections. This review aims to summarize the available information on Taraxacum spp., focusing on plant cultivation, ethnomedicinal uses, bioactive phytochemicals, and antimicrobial properties. Phytochemicals present in Taraxacum spp. include sesquiterpene lactones, such as taraxacin, mongolicumin B, and taraxinic acid derivatives; triterpenoids, such as taraxasterol, taraxerol, and officinatrione; and phenolic derivatives, such as hydroxycinnamic acids (chlorogenic, chicoric, and caffeoyltartaric acids), coumarins (aesculin and cichoriin), lignans (mongolicumin A), and taraxacosides. Aqueous and organic extracts of different plant parts exhibit promising in vitro antimicrobial activity relevant for controlling fungi and Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, this genus represents a potential source of bioactive phytochemicals with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. However, so far, preclinical evidence for these activities has not been fully substantiated by clinical studies. Indeed, clinical evidence for the activity of Taraxacum bioactive compounds is still scant, at least for infectious diseases, and there is limited information on oral bioavailability, pharmacological activities, and safety of Taraxacum products in humans, though their traditional uses would suggest that these plants are safe.
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- Mehdi Sharifi-Rad
- Department of Medical Parasitology, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Departamento de Química Biológica - DQB, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Pimenta, Crato, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Departamento de Química Biológica - DQB, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Pimenta, Crato, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular - LMBM, Departamento de Química Biológica - DQB, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA, Pimenta, Crato, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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- Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Botany, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Ambiental y de los Materiales, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Botany and Postgraduate Department, Biological Sciences, VIVA College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Virar, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy
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- Phytochemistry Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Chemistry, Richardson College for the Environmental Science Complex, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Bostanghadiri N, Pormohammad A, Chirani AS, Pouriran R, Erfanimanesh S, Hashemi A. Comprehensive review on the antimicrobial potency of the plant polyphenol Resveratrol. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 95:1588-1595. [PMID: 28950659 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.09.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Treatment of some infectious diseases are becoming more complicated because of increasing drug resistance rate and lack of proper antibiotics. Because of the rapid increase in drug-resistance trend, there is an urgent need for alternative microbicides to control infectious diseases. Resveratrol (RSV) is a small plant polyphenol that is naturally produced and distributed in 72 particular families of plants. The usage of natural derivatives such as RSV, have become popular among researchers for curing acute and chronic diseases. The purpose of the preset study was to comprehensively review and survey the antimicrobial potency of RSV. The present study demonstrates RSV as a natural antimicrobial agent.
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- Narjess Bostanghadiri
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Skariyachan S. Exploring the Potential of Herbal Ligands Toward Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens by Computational Drug Discovery. TRANSLATIONAL BIOINFORMATICS AND ITS APPLICATION 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1045-7_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Patil P, Skariyachan S, Mutt E, Kaushik S. Computational Analysis of the Domain Architecture and Substrate-Gating Mechanism of Prolyl Oligopeptidases from Shewanella woodyi and Identification of Probable Lead Molecules. Interdiscip Sci 2016; 8:284-293. [PMID: 26298583 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-015-0282-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Prolyl oligopeptidases (POPs) are serine proteases found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes which hydrolyze the peptide bond containing proline. The current study focuses on the analysis of POP sequences, their distribution and domain architecture in Shewanella woodyi, a Gram-negative, luminous bacterium which causes celiac sprue and similar infections in marine organisms. The POP undergoes huge interdomain movement, which allows possible route for the entry of any substrate. Hence, it offers an opportunity to understand the mechanism of substrate gating by studying the domain architecture and possibility to identify a probable drug target. In the present study, the POP sequence was retrieved from GenBank database and the best homologous templates were identified by PSI-BLAST search. The three-dimensional structures of the closed and open forms of POP from S. woodyi, which are not available in native form, were generated by homology modeling. The ideal lead molecules were screened by computer-aided virtual screening, and the binding potential of the best leads toward the target was studied by molecular docking. The domain architecture of the POP revealed that it has a propeller domain consists of [Formula: see text]-sheets, surrounded by [Formula: see text]-helices and [Formula: see text] hydrolase domain with catalytic triad containing Ser-564, Asp-646 and His-681. The hypothetical models of open and closed POP showed backbone RMSD value of 0.56 and 0.65 Å, respectively. Ramachandran plot of the open and closed POP conformations accounts for 99.4 and 98.7 % residues in the favoured region, respectively. Our study revealed that propeller domain comes as an insert between N-terminal and C-terminal [Formula: see text] hydrolase domain. Molecular docking, drug likeness properties and ADME prediction suggested that KUC-103481N and Pramiracetum can be used as probable lead molecules toward the POP from S. woodyi.
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- Priya Patil
- R&D Centre, Department of Biotechnology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560 078, India
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- R&D Centre, Department of Biotechnology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560 078, India.
- Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, GKVK campus, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560065, India
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer, University of California, San Francisco, 1450 3rd St., San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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Kesherwani M, Michael Gromiha M, Fukui K, Velmurugan D. Identification of novel natural inhibitor for NorM - a multidrug and toxic compound extrusion transporter - an insilico molecular modeling and simulation studies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2016; 35:58-77. [PMID: 26786386 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1132391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The emergence of bacterial multidrug resistance is an increasing problem in treatment of infectious diseases. An important cause for the multidrug resistance of bacteria is the expression of multidrug efflux transporters. The multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) transporters are most recently recognized as unique efflux system for extrusion of antimicrobials and therapeutic drugs due to energy stored in either Na+ or H+ electrochemical gradient. In the present study, high throughput virtual screening of natural compound collections against NorM - a MATE transporter from Neisseria gonorrhea (NorM-NG) has been carried out followed by flexible docking. The molecular simulation in membrane environment has been performed for understanding the stability and binding energetic of top lead compounds. Results identified a compound from the Indian medicinal plant "Terminalia chebula" which has good binding free energy compared to substrates (rhodamine 6 g, ethidium) and more favorable interactions with the central cavity forming active site residues. The compound has restricted movement in TM7, TM8, and TM1, thus blocking the disruption of Na+ - coordination along with equilibrium state bias towards occlude state of NorM transporter. Thus, this compound blocks the effluxing pathway of antimicrobial drugs and provides as a natural bioactive lead inhibitor against NorM transporter in drug-resistant gonorrhea.
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- Manish Kesherwani
- a Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai , India
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- b Department of Biotechnology , IIT Madras , Chennai 600 036 , India
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- c Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery Data Management and Integration Team , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , 2-4-7 Aomi Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064 , Japan
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- a Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai , India.,d Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility , University of Madras , Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025 , India
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Patil P, Skariyachan S, Mutt E, Kaushik S. Computational analysis of the domain architecture and substrate-gating mechanism of prolyl oligopeptidases from Shewanella woodyi and identification probable lead molecules. Interdiscip Sci 2015. [PMID: 25663117 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-014-0244-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Prolyl oligopeptidases (POP) are serine proteases found in prokaryotes and eukaryotes which hydrolyze the peptide bond containing proline. The current study focuses on the analysis of POP sequences, their distribution and domain architecture in Shewanella woodyi, a Gram negative, luminous bacterium which causes celiac sprue and similar infections in marine organisms. The POP undergoes huge inter-domain movement, which allows possible route for the entry of any substrate. Hence, it offers an opportunity to understand the mechanism of substrate gating by studying the domain architecture and possibility to identify a probable drug target. In the present study, the POP sequence was retrieved from GenBank data base and the best homologous templates were identified by PSI-BLAST search. The three dimensional structures of the closed and open forms of POP from Shewanella woodyi, which are not available in native form, was generated by homology modeling. The ideal lead molecules were screened by computer aided virtual screening and the binding potential of the best leads towards the target was studied by molecular docking. The domain architecture of the POP revealed that, it has a propeller domain consist of β-sheets, surrounded by α-helices and α/β hydrolase domain with catalytic triad containing Ser-564, Asp-646 and His-681. The hypothetical models of open and closed POP showed backbone RMSD value of 0.56 Å and 0.65 Å respectively. Ramachandran plot of the open and closed POP conformations accounts for 99.4% and 98.7% residues in the favoured region respectively. Our study revealed that, propeller domain comes as an insert between N-terminal and C-terminal α/β hydrolase domain. Molecular docking, drug likeliness properties and ADME prediction suggested that KUC-103481N and Pramiracetum can be used as probable lead molecules towards the POP from Shewanella woodyi.
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- Priya Patil
- R & D Centre, Department of Biotechnology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560 078, Visvesvaraya, India
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Grinter SZ, Zou X. Challenges, applications, and recent advances of protein-ligand docking in structure-based drug design. Molecules 2014; 19:10150-76. [PMID: 25019558 PMCID: PMC6270832 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190710150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The docking methods used in structure-based virtual database screening offer the ability to quickly and cheaply estimate the affinity and binding mode of a ligand for the protein receptor of interest, such as a drug target. These methods can be used to enrich a database of compounds, so that more compounds that are subsequently experimentally tested are found to be pharmaceutically interesting. In addition, like all virtual screening methods used for drug design, structure-based virtual screening can focus on curated libraries of synthesizable compounds, helping to reduce the expense of subsequent experimental verification. In this review, we introduce the protein-ligand docking methods used for structure-based drug design and other biological applications. We discuss the fundamental challenges facing these methods and some of the current methodological topics of interest. We also discuss the main approaches for applying protein-ligand docking methods. We end with a discussion of the challenging aspects of evaluating or benchmarking the accuracy of docking methods for their improvement, and discuss future directions.
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- Sam Z Grinter
- Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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