Abstract
A four-leaf water clover (Marsilea species) has been reported to exhibit various biological activities. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate 23 selected constituents of a four-leaf water clover (Marsilea species) as potent inhibitory agents of human acetyl cholinesterase (hAchE), carbonic anhydrase II (hCA-II), and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (hPTP-1B) using an in silico method. The 23 selected constituents of the four-leaf water clover (Marsilea species) were studied on the docking behavior of hAchE, hCA-II, and hPTP-1B by using the Webina docking method. In addition to docking, toxicity analysis was also performed using the pkCSM web server. Toxicity analysis has shown that 10 ligands (44%) of the four-leaf water clover (Marsilea species) were predicted to have hERG II (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) inhibition activity. The docking analysis showed that marsilin has exhibited the maximum binding energy (-11.3 kcal/mol) with the hAchE, whereas it fails to dock with both the target enzymes (hCA-II and hPTP-1B). Thus, the present find provides a new understanding about the 23 selected ligands of the four-leaf water clover (Marsilea species) as potent inhibitory agents of human acetyl cholinesterase (hAchE), carbonic anhydrase II (hCA-II), and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (hPTP-1B).