Journal of Islamic Pharmacy
Vol 10, No 1 (2025): J. Islamic Pharm.

Molecular Docking: Analysis of Mahogany Plant Compounds (Swietenia macrophylla King) against the ACE2 Enzyme of SARS-CoV-2

Amrulloh, Lalu Sanik Wahyu Fadil (Unknown)
Khairani, Ayudia Cipta (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jul 2025

Abstract

Various treatment approaches have been attempted to tackle severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)  infection. One approach to develop new drugs is through the utilization of medicinal plants. Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) is one of the plants that is thought to have potential as an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2. This study aims to determine the anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential of compounds in mahogany plants that have good interactions and interaction patterns with angiotensin-converting enzime 2 (ACE2) receptors. A total of ten mahogany plant compounds were tested for drug-likeness based on Lipinski screening which will then be docked to the ACE2 molecular target, using the molecular docking method. The parameters observed were binding energy values and amino acid residues. The results of molecular docking showed that the compounds predicted to have the highest binding affinity and have similar interaction patterns with natural ligands to the ACE2 molecular target were secomahoganin and stigmasterol. The secomahoganin and stigmasterol compounds are predicted to have good interactions with the ACE2 receptor.

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jip

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Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Welcome to Journal of Islamic Pharmacy (e-ISSN : 2527-6123) formerly Jurnal Farmasains (p-ISSN : 2460-5182) Department of Pharmacy, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia. The journal was established in 2015 and online publication was begun in 2016. Since 2016, the journal ...