In silico design, synthesis and evaluation of 3'-O-benzylated analogs of salacinol, a potent α-glucosidase inhibitor isolated from an Ayurvedic traditional medicine "Salacia"

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Sep 7;48(69):8646-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cc34144a. Epub 2012 Jul 20.

Abstract

With the aid of an in silico method, α-glucosidase inhibitors with far more potent activities than salacinol (1), a potent natural α-glucosidase inhibitor isolated from an Ayurvedic traditional medicine Salacia reticulata, have been developed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Design
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / isolation & purification
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / chemistry
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology
  • Models, Molecular
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Salacia / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sugar Alcohols / chemistry*
  • Sugar Alcohols / isolation & purification
  • Sugar Alcohols / pharmacology*
  • Sulfates / chemistry*
  • Sulfates / isolation & purification
  • Sulfates / pharmacology*
  • alpha-Glucosidases / chemistry
  • alpha-Glucosidases / metabolism

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • Sugar Alcohols
  • Sulfates
  • salacinol
  • alpha-Glucosidases