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Research Paper

Insights into the inhibitory activities of neolignans and diarylnonanoid derivatives from nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) seeds on soluble epoxide hydrolase using in vitro and in silico approaches

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Article: 2251099 | Received 22 Jun 2023, Accepted 18 Aug 2023, Published online: 28 Aug 2023

Figures & data

Table 1. NMR data (500 MHz, CDCl3) of compounds 14, 16, and 18.

Table 2. NMR data (500 MHz, CD3OD) of compounds 2124.

Figure 1. Structures of compounds from nutmeg 124.

Figure 1. Structures of compounds from nutmeg 1–24.

Figure 2. Key HMBC (→) and COSY (bold) correlations of compounds 14, 16, 18, and 2124.

Figure 2. Key HMBC (→) and COSY (bold) correlations of compounds 14, 16, 18, and 21–24.

Table 3. sEH inhibitory activity, type of inhibitions, and inhibition constants of all isolated compounds (124).

Figure 3. Enzyme kinetics analysis. (AF) Lineweaver–Burk plots of compounds 1924, respectively.

Figure 3. Enzyme kinetics analysis. (A–F) Lineweaver–Burk plots of compounds 19–24, respectively.

Figure 4. (AF) Docking interaction diagrams of sEH inhibition by compounds 1924, respectively. (Green lines: hydrogen bonding interactions, pink lines: alkyl and π–alkyl interactions, magenta lines: π–π T-shaped interactions, and light green: van der Walls interactions with the corresponding residues of sEH).

Figure 4. (A–F) Docking interaction diagrams of sEH inhibition by compounds 19–24, respectively. (Green lines: hydrogen bonding interactions, pink lines: alkyl and π–alkyl interactions, magenta lines: π–π T-shaped interactions, and light green: van der Walls interactions with the corresponding residues of sEH).

Figure 5. Molecular dynamics simulation of compounds 1924 with sEH protein. (A) Potential energy, (B) RMSD of protein backbone (compounds 19: black, 20: red, 21: green, 22: blue, 23: yellow, and 24: maroon), (CH) RMSF of residues in the complexes between sEH and compounds 1924, respectively.

Figure 5. Molecular dynamics simulation of compounds 19–24 with sEH protein. (A) Potential energy, (B) RMSD of protein backbone (compounds 19: black, 20: red, 21: green, 22: blue, 23: yellow, and 24: maroon), (C–H) RMSF of residues in the complexes between sEH and compounds 19–24, respectively.

Figure 6. (AF) Number of hydrogen bonds formed during molecular dynamics simulation by the complexes of sEH with compounds 1924, respectively.

Figure 6. (A–F) Number of hydrogen bonds formed during molecular dynamics simulation by the complexes of sEH with compounds 19–24, respectively.

Table 4. Physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of compounds 1924.

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