Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology
Vol 30, No 3 (2025)

In vitro evaluation, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics studies of resorcinol derivatives against yeast α‐glucosidase

Danova, Ade (Unknown)
Hermawati, Elvira (Unknown)
Chavasiri, Warinthorn (Unknown)
Mujahidin, Didin (Unknown)
Musthapa, Iqbal (Unknown)
Kurniadewi, Fera (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2025

Abstract

Nine resorcinol derivatives were evaluated for their ability to inhibit yeast α‐glucosidase using the in vitro method. Three molecular docking programs (Autodock Vina, Autodock4 and DockThor) were employed to determine the binding energies. The results showed that two resorcinol derivatives possessing butanoyl (1) and butyl (9) groups demonstrated good inhibitory activity against α‐glucosidase, with IC50 values of 75.9 and 33.3 µM respectively, compared with other derivatives (2–8) and acarbose (IC50 = 832.8 µM). Furthermore, molecular docking indicated that compounds 1 and 9 had better binding affinities than acarbose and the native ligand. Both compounds showed similar interactions with Asp349 and Glu408, which were associated with acarbose and the native ligand. Moreover, molecular dynamics analysis indicated that compound 9 exhibited greater stability than compound 1 when complexed with α‐glucosidase. Therefore, compound 9 has the potential for further studies, both in vitro and in vivo, to evaluate its toxicity, side effects and efficacy.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbiotech

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Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBiotech) is an open access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of novel research in all aspects of biotechnology, with particular attention paid to the exploration and development of natural products derived from ...