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Table 4 Docking study of the most abundant compounds in the C. verum bark EO against AChE

From: Cinnamomum verum J. Presl. Bark essential oil: in vitro investigation of anti-cholinesterase, anti-BACE1, and neuroprotective activity

Compound

Gold score

Residues

Interactions

δ-Cadinene

60.89

Leu289

Alkyl

  

Trp286

Alkyl

  

Trp286

Alkyl

  

Trp286

Pi-Alkyl

  

Phe338

Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Pi-Sigma

  

Tyr341

Alkyl

t-Cadinol

66.84

Tyr72

Alkyl

  

Tyr72

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr124

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr341

H-Bonding

  

Tyr341

Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Pi-Alkyl

  

Trp286

Pi-Alkyl

  

Trp286

Alkyl

  

Phe338

Alkyl

  

Phe338

Alkyl

  

Val294

Alkyl

(E)-Cinnamaldehyde

46.97

Tyr72

H-Bonding

  

Phe297

Pi-Pi Stacked

  

Trp286

Pi-Pi Stacked

  

Tyr341

Pi-Pi Stacked

Cinnamaldehyde dimethyl acetal

56.76

Phe297

Pi-Pi Stacked

  

Phe338

H-Bonding

  

Tyr341

Pi-Pi Stacked

(E)-Cinnamic acid

52.02

Trp86

Pi-Pi Stacked

  

Asp74

H-Bonding

  

Tyr337

H-Bonding

  

Tyr341

H-Bonding

  

Tyr341

H-Bonding

α-Copaene

54.85

Trp86

Pi-Alkyl

  

Trp86

Pi-Alkyl

  

Trp86

Pi-Alkyl

  

Trp86

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr337

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr337

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr337

Pi-Alkyl

  

Phe338

Pi-Alkyl

  

Phe338

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Pi-Alkyl

  

His447

Pi-Alkyl

  

His447

Pi-Alkyl

α-Muurolene

63.23

Trp86

Pi-Sigma

  

Trp86

Pi-Alkyl

  

Trp86

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr337

Pi-Sigma

  

Tyr337

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Pi-Alkyl

  

Tyr341

Pi-Alkyl

  

Phe338

Pi-Alkyl

  

His447

Pi-Alkyl

  

His447

Pi-Alkyl