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Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial Properties ofSiparuna guianensisEssential Oil and a Molecular Docking and Dynamics Molecular Study of its Major Chemical Constituent

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MOLECULES
Volume 25, Issue 17, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25173852

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Amazon; natural products; Capitiu; biomolecules; volatile compounds

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  1. CAPES [1662230, 1427204]

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The essential oil ofSiparuna guianensiswas obtained by hydrodistillation. The identification of the chemical compounds was performed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Antimicrobial activity was investigated for four microorganisms:Streptococcus mutans(ATCC 3440),Enterococcus faecalis(ATCC 4083),Escherichia coli(ATCC 25922), andCandida albicans(ATCC-10231). The studies of doping and molecular dynamics were performed with the molecule that presented the highest concentration of drug-target proteins, 1IYL (C. albicans), 1C14 (E. coli), 2WE5 (E. faecalis), and 4TQX (S. mutans). The main compounds identified were: Curzerene (7.1%), gamma-Elemene (7.04%), Germacrene D (7.61%),trans-beta-Elemenone (11.78%), and Atractylone (18.65%). Gram positive bacteria and fungi were the most susceptible to the effects of the essential oil. The results obtained in the simulation showed that the major compound atractylone interacts with the catalytic sites of the target proteins, forming energetically favourable systems and remaining stable during the period of molecular dynamics.

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