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Docking Studies of Rauwolfia Serpentina Alkaloids as Insulin Receptor Activators

by Jayasree Ganugapati, Aashish Baldwa, Sarfaraz Lalani
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 43 - Number 14
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Jayasree Ganugapati, Aashish Baldwa, Sarfaraz Lalani
10.5120/6173-8600

Jayasree Ganugapati, Aashish Baldwa, Sarfaraz Lalani . Docking Studies of Rauwolfia Serpentina Alkaloids as Insulin Receptor Activators. International Journal of Computer Applications. 43, 14 ( April 2012), 32-37. DOI=10.5120/6173-8600

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author = { Jayasree Ganugapati, Aashish Baldwa, Sarfaraz Lalani },
title = { Docking Studies of Rauwolfia Serpentina Alkaloids as Insulin Receptor Activators },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { April 2012 },
volume = { 43 },
number = { 14 },
month = { April },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 32-37 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume43/number14/6173-8600/ },
doi = { 10.5120/6173-8600 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Aashish Baldwa
%A Sarfaraz Lalani
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Rauwolfia serpentina also known as Sarpagandha is an integral part of Ayurvedic medical system for over centuries for the treatment of various ailments. The leaves and roots of Rauwolfia serpentina contain alkaloids which are secondary metabolites. Major alkaloids identified are Reserpine, Rauwolfine, Serpentine, Sarpagine, Ajmaline, Yohimbine and Ajmalicine. Insulin binds to insulin receptors that are present on different cells of the body. Insulin mediates the absorption of glucose into the cell. Insulin receptor belongs to the class of tyrosine kinase receptor. The three dimensional structure of Insulin Receptor was obtained from PDB database and that of the Alkaloids present in Rauwolfia serpentina were downloaded from CHEMSPIDER database. Docking studies of Insulin Receptor with Alkaloids of Rauwolfia serpetina were performed using Arguslab 4. 0. 1, Autodock 4. 0 and Autodock Vina. The analysis of the results of all three docking softwares suggested that few of the alkaloids present in Rauwolfia serpentina may be potential activators of Insulin Receptor.

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Keywords

Diabetes Insulin Receptor Alkaloids Rauwolfia Serpentina Docking

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