Pharmaciana: Jurnal Kefarmasian
Vol 13, No 2 (2023): Pharmaciana

The sulphated polysaccharide compounds from green algae (Ulva lactuca L) as a potential natural anti-inflammatory agent based on molecular docking study targeting cyclooxygenase-2 receptor

Dwi Utami (Fakultas Farmasi, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta)
Rezza Wahyudi (Undergraduate student of Pharmacy Study Programme, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)
Wahyu Widyaningsih (Departement of pharmacology and clinical pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jul 2023

Abstract

The rare sulphated polysaccharides of green algae have been explored of several activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammation, anti-bacterial, and anti-virus. Ulva lactuca L is one of the majoring algae species in Indonesia that promosing to be explored as natural anti-inflammation in the inflammation disorders treatment. The purpose of this study was to conduct an in-silico test of anti- inflammatory potency of sulphated polysaccharide chemical constituent of green algae (Ulva lactuca L) against the cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme. The methods used were the preparation of a protein structure database cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme (4COX), protein preparation using the Biovia Discovery Studio application, molecular docking simulation of sulphated polysaccharide compounds on proteins using the Autodock 4.0 application and visualization using Ligpot+ v2.2. The results of docking sulphated polysaccharide compounds with the cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme, showed a best binding affinity energy of Gluconic acid ulvan -7.62 kcal/mol similar to the control drug sodium diclofenac (-7.81 kcal/mol), followed by Iduronic acid Ulvan -7.57 kcal/mol, Fucoidan (-6.11 kcal/mol), Alpha Carrageenan (-6.93 kcal/mol), and Lambda Carrageenan (-5.38 kcal/mol). In the conclusion based on the molecular docking result, the sulphated polysaccharide compounds in Ulva lactuca L are potential to be developed as natural antiinflammatory agent by in vitro and in vivo investigation

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Journal Info

Abbrev

PHARMACIANA

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Pharmaciana is a scientific journal published by the University of Ahmad Dahlan worked closely with Ikatan Apoteker Indonesia (IAI). Pharmaciana published three times a year, namely March, July and November. with ISSN 2088-4559 and e-ISSN 2477-0256. The article published in the Journal Pharmaciana ...