通过计算机辅助方法识别具有对β-乳糖酶抑制潜力的植物化学物质

Goodness Chizorom Nwokebu1, Abdurahman Babatunde Adesina2, Clement Ndudi Isibor3

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria; Institute of Bioinformatics and Molecular Therapeutics, Oshogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.

Bioorganic chemistry
|February 27, 2024
PubMed
概括

植物化学物质在抑制β-乳糖酶方面表现有前途,β-乳糖酶是多药耐药病原体的关键. 这项研究确定了氨酸-3-O-rutinoside和氨酸作为强大的抑制剂,这表明了新的抗菌疗法的潜力.

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