Research Article

Anticholinesterase Activity of Eight Medicinal Plant Species: In Vitro and In Silico Studies in the Search for Therapeutic Agents against Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 4

Binding affinity of the selected isolates of Blumea lacera with AChE (PDB ID: 4EY7) and BChE (PDB ID: 4AQD) enzymes.

Compound nameMolecular formulaMolecular weightBinding energy (kcal/mol)
AChEBChE

5,4′-dihydroxy 6,7,3′-trimethoxyflavone (BL1)C18H16O7344.31−9.4−8.5
3,5,4′-trihydroxy 6,7,3′-trimethoxyflavone (BL2)C18H16O8360.31−9.4−8.8
5,3′,4′-trihydroxy 3,6,7-trimethoxyflavone (BL3)C18H16O8360.31−6.8−8.3
5-hydroxy 3,6,7,3′,4′-pentamethoxyflavone (BL4)C20H20O8388.36−8.7−7.7
Kaempferol-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (BL5)C27H30O15594.51−8.7−10.4
Kaempferol-3-O-(2″,6″-di-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (BL6)C33H40O19740.65−8.3−10.7
Campesterol (BL7)C28H48O400.68−10.9−8.8
19α-Hydroxyurs-12-ene-24,28-dioate 3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (BL8)C37H58O10662.85−8.7−10.4
(25R)-3β-{O-β-D-Glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)]-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl}-22αN-spirosol-5-ene (BL9)C51H83NO191014.20−8.7−9.9
GalantamineC17H21NO3287.35−9.4−8.5