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Structure-Guided Design and Development of Novel Cyclophilin A Inhibitors and Ganoderiol-F Derivatives: An In-Silico Approach
Published on: June 23, 2026
A comparative molecular modeling study of dydrogesterone with other progestational agents through theoretical
Diego Colombo1, Patrizia Ferraboschi, Paolo Prestileo
1Dipartimento di Chimica, Biochimica e Biotecnologie per la Medicina, Università di Milano, Via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Abstract:
6-Dehydroretroprogesterone (dydrogesterone) and three other natural or synthetic progestins (progesterone, retroprogesterone, and 6-dehydroprogesterone) were submitted to a conformational study through theoretical calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G(*) level and high field NMR spectroscopy. The study allows to define the role of the two structural features which differentiate these steroids, i.e., the C9 and C10 configuration and the C6-C7 unsaturation. The combined effects of the conformational preference of A ring, determined by the configuration at C9 and C10, and the enhanced rigidity due to the C6-C7 double bond, could account both for the higher activity and selectivity of dydrogesterone with respect to the other three steroids.
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