Wahana-Bio: Jurnal Biologi dan Pembelajarannya
Vol 15, No 1 (2023): Wahana-Bio Edisi Mei 2023

Potensi Senyawa Aktif Mengkudu (Morinda citrifolia) sebagai Antifungi Candida albicans melalui Pendekatan in Silico

Khaerunissa Anbar Istiadi (Program Studi Biologi, Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Lampung Selatan, Lampung, Indonesia 35365)
Erma Suryanti (Program Studi Biologi, Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Lampung Selatan, Lampung, Indonesia 35365)
Dewi Chusniasih (Program Studi Biologi, Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Lampung Selatan, Lampung, Indonesia 35365)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Jun 2023

Abstract

Candida albicans is a normal microbiota in humans. However, the imbalance and increasing number of C. albicans can cause infections in the vagina, mouth, esophagus, and nails. Sap-3 plays role in the infections especially in the adhesion process, and can used as a therapeutic target for C.albicans. Here an attempt has been made to analyze the potential of the active compounds from noni (Morinda citrifolia) as an antifungal by molecular docking towards Sap-3 protein. Drug-likeness characteristics were analyzed based on the Lipinski Rule of Five. Validation of molecular docking of Sap-3 protein-native ligand was conducted followed by molecular docking of the Sap3 protein-test based on the Lamarckian Genetics Algorithm. The highest binding energy is Beta-sitosterol (-8.77 kcal/mol), followed by Alizarin (-6.47 kcal/mol), Morindone (-6.51 kcal/mol), Quercetin (-5.76 kcal/mol), Pepstatin A (-5.55 kcal/mol), Scopoletin (-5.26 kcal/mol), Kaempferol (-5.13 kcal/mol). Bioactive compounds from noni (Morinda citrifolia) can be an appropriate choice as antifungal and for further experiments through in vitro and in vivo tests.

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Journal Info

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wb

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Education Environmental Science Immunology & microbiology Other

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Wahana-Bio is the a scientific Journal of Biology and its learning, published by the Program of Biology Education, Mathematics and Natural Science Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat. This focuses on the delivery of information on the results of ...