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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Oriental Scientific Publishing Company</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia</journalTitle>
          <issn>0973-1245</issn>
            <publicationDate>2026-03-30</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>23</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>

 
    <startPage>375</startPage>
    <endPage>391</endPage>

	 
      <doi>10.13005/bbra/3505</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>58570</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">An In-Silico Molecular Docking Analysis of Phytochemicals from Carica papaya, Moringa oleifera, and Tinospora cordifolia as Potential Dengue Virus Inhibitors</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Jhansi Lakshmi Varanasi</name>

 
		
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      <author>
       <name>Naga Bharathi Marni</name>


		
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      <author>
       <name>Sai Sudheer Thatavarthi</name>

		
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      <author>
       <name>Mounika Matcha</name>

		
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Pharmacology, Vignan Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.</affiliationName>
    

		
		
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US">The search for effective antiviral agents against dengue virus (DENV) remains a global priority due to the absence of specific therapeutics. The present study evaluates selected phytochemicals from <em>Carica papaya</em>, <em>Moringa oleifera</em>, and <em>Tinospora cordifolia</em> using an in-silico molecular docking approach to identify compounds with potential dengue-related inhibitory activity. Phytochemicals were screened based on drug-likeness and ADME properties, and their disease-associated gene targets were identified through database mining. Venn analysis identified plasminogen (PLG), a host protein implicated in dengue-associated thrombocytopenia and vascular complications, as a common target linked to both dengue pathophysiology and the selected phytochemicals. The human plasminogen protein (PDB ID: 8UQ6) was selected for molecular docking using PyRx, and interaction analyses were performed with BIOVIA Discovery Studio. Among the evaluated compounds, carpaine from <em>Carica papaya</em> exhibited the highest binding affinity (−9.2 kcal/mol), followed by hesperetin from <em>Moringa oleifera</em> (−8.3 kcal/mol), whereas phytochemicals from <em>Tinospora cordifolia</em> showed comparatively lower affinities. These findings suggest that <em>Carica papaya</em> and <em>Moringa oleifera</em> contain phytochemicals capable of interacting with dengue-associated host molecular pathways. However, as molecular docking provides predictive insights only, these results are limited to in-silico observations and require further in vitro, in vivo, and clinical validation.</span></p></abstract>

    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol23no1/an-in-silico-molecular-docking-analysis-of-phytochemicals-from-carica-papaya-moringa-oleifera-and-tinospora-cordifolia-as-potential-dengue-virus-inhibitors/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>Carica papaya; Dengue virus; Moringa oleifera; Molecular docking; Plasminogen; Tinospora cordifolia</keyword>
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