Research Article

Identification of a Potential Target of Capsaicin by Computational Target Fishing

Table 1

Top ten potential disease-related targets of capsaicin predicted by PharmMapper.

RankPDB IDNameFit scoreDisease

11BNVCarbonic anhydrase 24.856Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis type 3
21IZ2Alpha-1-antitrypsin4.727Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
31I9QCarbonic anhydrase 24.581Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis type 3
45P21GTPase HRas4.447Costello syndrome, cancer
51B0FLeukocyte elastase4.301Cyclic hematopoiesis
62DUXAldose reductase4.228Diabetes, galactosemia
73BYSProtooncogene tyrosine-protein kinase LCK4.225Leukemias
81RLBTransthyretin4.028Amyloidosis
91I9OCarbonic anhydrase 24.002Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis type 3
101R1HNeprilysin3.982Acute lymphocytic leukemia