Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences  2018;16(1):135-143

doi:10.17576/JSKM-2018-1601-17

Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Docking Studies of Aurone Derivatives on Xanthine Oxidase Enzyme

Kamal RULLAH 1 ; Saw Phin KHYE ; Ang SERENE ; Mohd Fadhlizil Fasihi Mohd Aluwi ; Lam Kok WAI

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Keywords

Aurone; xanthine oxidase; docking; synthesis; biology

Country

Malaysia

Language

English

Abstract

Inhibition of xanthine oxidase (XO) activity is an effective therapeutic approach for the treatment of diseases such as goutand hyperuricemia. Additionally, the use of XO inhibitors can further be extended to injury treatments such as ischemicreperfusion in various organs such as heart, liver and kidney. In this study, 7 aurone compounds were synthesized andtested on XO and compared with the positive control allopurinol. Compound 5e was identified as the most potent compoundand was able to inhibit half of XO activity at 33.23 μM followed by compounds 5f and 5d at 210.22 μM and 302.0 μM,respectively. Finally, molecular docking study was conducted to understand the important binding interactions of theselected aurone with the active site of XO.