Natural Compounds Therapeutic Features in Brain Disorders by Experimental, Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics Methods

Area of Science:

• Neuroscience
• Pharmacology
• Natural Product Chemistry

Background:

• Synthetic drugs for brain disorders can have severe side effects, necessitating exploration of natural compound alternatives.
• Natural compounds from plants and arthropod venom exhibit antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.
• More research is needed to understand the structural and pharmacological features of natural compounds for therapeutic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

• To review structural and pharmaceutical features of natural compounds for brain disorder treatment.
• To highlight the polytherapeutic effects of terpenes, monoterpenoids, stilbenes, and natural peptides.
• To discuss the potential of natural compounds as alternatives to synthetic drugs.

Main Methods:

• Bioinformatics approaches, including natural compound databases and artificial neural networks.
• Cheminformatics techniques such as Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) and molecular docking.
• Computational mutagenesis and drug design methodologies were employed.

Main Results:

• A review of recent studies on the pharmacological potential of natural compounds in the brain.
• Identification of key databases for natural compound molecular and functional features.
• Comparison of molecular descriptors of natural compounds versus synthetic compounds.

Conclusions:

• Natural compounds represent a viable alternative for nervous system therapies.
• This review serves as a resource for future research on natural compounds.
• Further investigation into natural compounds can lead to safer and effective brain disorder treatments.