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ABSTRACT
Different plants have been investigated to have different toxicity levels. These toxicities investigated are determined by the administration of the plant extracts at different dose over a period of time. Herbs play key role in the human health care system as well as good sources of biologically active compounds known as phytochemicals. The aim of this study is to determine the anti-fibroid activities of bioactive compounds extracted from Uraria picta using molecular docking approach. Uraria picta (U. picta) leaves were collected from a private farm in Badagry, Lagos State, and were authenticated by a Botanist, at the Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Benin. The plant material was extracted using methanol solvent, and thereafter fractionated with N-hexane. HPLC analysis of the extract of U. picta revealed that the plant extract possesses numerous bioactive compounds; sapogenin, ammodendine, and catechin were the most abundant of all present. The molecular docking result from this study shows the best way possible for a number of ligand to interact with a target protein within a virtual biological environment. All ligand molecules in this study followed the standard rule of drug-likeness property indicating their potentiality in drug design as they all obeyed thee Lipinski rule. Of the three compounds from uraria picta, sapogenin exhibited the strongest binding with aromatase target molecule, making it significantly close to the binding affinity shown by the standard drug oriahnn. Sapogenin also formed the highest number of hydrogen bonds within the binding site of the target molecule. Oriahnn showed inactivity across a number of tissues. Findings suggest that the methanol extract of U. picta possesses relevant therapeutic components that can be explored in the management of prevailing health challenges.
