Research Article

Docking Studies on Potential Mechanisms for Decreasing Insulin Resistance by the Tangzhiqing Herbal Formula

Table 5

Docking scores of selected natural products with PPARs.

No.CompoundPPARαPPARδPPARγ
CDOCKER (kcal/mol)Ligandfit (kcal/mol)CDOCKER (kcal/mol)Ligandfit (kcal/mol)CDOCKER (kcal/mol)Ligandfit (kcal/mol)

113 M/GW0/544Δ66.32133.9352.16114.3672.33139.13
2Nuciferine38.0119.9943.0437.02
3Rutin72.05137.7043.5595.3084.32112.01
41-Deoxynojirimycin20.0720.4521.17
5Salvianolic acid A65.91135.3665.44113.7770.32122.67
6Salvianolic acid B77.34155.1043.6761.24116.77
7Salvianolic acid C68.31137.9045.09100.8389.51136.18
8Danshensu30.9623.6035.06
9Rosmarinic acid48.40114.7927.6175.2957.8372.71
10Tanshinone IIA37.6073.9018.0663.2931.17
11Cryptotanshinone35.5471.7118.9059.2731.79
12Dihydrotanshinone I37.1575.0118.6151.1936.58
13Quercitrin51.4782.5433.3655.7254.9467.02
14Paeoniflorin44.79103.0932.1170.6943.97

ΔInitial ligand; 13M for PPARα (3VI8), GW0 for PPARδ (3TKM), and 544 for PPARγ (1K74).