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Abstract

In silico analysis to compare the effectiveness of assorted drugs prescribed for swine flu in diverse medicine systems

Author(s): Kalpana Raja1, Archana Prabahar1, Suganya Selvakumar1, TK Raja2
1Departments of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, India 2Department of Biotechnology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641 004, India

Correspondence Address:
T K Raja Department of Biotechnology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641 004 India E-mail: tkraja@gmail.com


The genome of the virus H1N1 2009 consists of eight segments but maximum number of mutations occurs at segments 1 and 4, coding for PB2 subunit of hemagglutinin. Comparatively less number of mutations occur at segment 6, coding for neuraminidase. Two antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and zanamivir are commonly prescribed for treating H1N1 infection. Alternate medical systems do compete equally; andrographolide in Siddha and gelsemine in Homeopathy. Recent studies confirm the efficacy of eugenol from Tulsi and vitamins C and E against H1N1. As the protein structures are unavailable, we modeled them using Modeller by identifying suitable templates, 1RUY and 3BEQ, for hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, respectively. Prior to docking simulations using AutoDock, the drug likeness properties of the ligands were screened using in silico techniques. Docking results showed interaction between the proteins individually into selected ligands, except for gelsemine and vitamin E no interactions were shown. The best docking simulation was reported by vitamin C interacting through six hydrogen bonds into proteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase with binding energies -4.28 and -4.56 kcal/mol, respectively. Furthermore, vitamin C showed hydrophobic interactions with both proteins, two bonds with Arg119, Glu120 of HA, and one bond with Arg74 of NA. In silico docking studies thus recommend vitamin C to be more effective against H1N1.

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