Review Article

An Updated Review on the Secondary Metabolites and Biological Activities of Aspergillus ruber and Aspergillus flavus and Exploring the Cytotoxic Potential of Their Isolated Compounds Using Virtual Screening

Table 2

Free binding energies (∆G) in kcal/mol for compounds identified from A. ruber and A. flavus in human cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK-2), DNA topoisomerase II (TOP-2), and matrix metalloprotinase 13 (MMP-13) active centers using C-docker protocol.

CompoundCDK-2TOP-2MMP-13

Echinulin (1)14.0726.35FD
Neoechinulin A (2)−22.96−5.07−26.00
Erythroglaucin (3)−37.21−19.45−35.68
Physcion (4)−35.63−16.23−32.68
Flavoglaucin (5)−21.40−3.53−25.23
Isodihydroauroglaucin (6)−0.8215.03−2.97
Tetrahydroauroglaucin (7)−8.028.27−15.45
Epoxyisoechinulin A (8)−22.39−2.13−8.94
Preechinulin (9)−21.94−10.72−20.062
Cyclo(Trp-Ana) (10)−26.50−14.94−29.04
Questinol (11)−37.08−19.77−33.94
Neochinulin E (12)−17.39−7.88−18.84
Neochinulin B (13)−21.03−4.82−22.88
Variecolorin H (14)−16.99−36.51−24.82
Variecolorin J (15)FD36.5129.86
Cryptoechinuline G (16)15.2930.36FD
Dihydroxyisoechinulin A (17)−25.96−5.31−8.262
2-(1_1-Dimethyl-2-propen1-yl)-1H-indole-3-carboxaldenhyde (18)−15.05−5.94−19.58
Rubrocristin (19)−36.00−17.65−30.94
Neoechinulin E (20)−5.9011.03−7.58
Eurotinone (21)−23.47−11.828−25.39
Asperflavin (22)−17.88−5.264−14.27
1,6,8-Trihydroxy-4-benzoyloxy-3-methylanthraquinone (23)−47.41−23.38−37.81
2-Methyleurotinone (24)−20.48−7.72−19.16
2-Hydroxydiplopterol (25)94.2780.51FD
Catenarin (26)−5.05−5.07−4.66
2-O-Methyl-9-dehydroxyeurotinone (27)−18.19−7.014−21.30
Isodihydroauroglaucin (28)−0.8215.02−2.97
Asperinine A (29)FD22.17FD
Asperinine B (30)FD26.36FD
Erythroglaucin (31)−37.21−19.45−35.68
Isoechinulin A (32)−1.3614.2311.73
Isoechinulin B (33)−8.8914.261.85
Isoechinulin C (34)−26.94−3.48−6.28
Compound (35)−20.47−3.81−21.91
Compound (36)−5.6115.21−1.61
Kojic acid (37)−16.53−10.71−16.37
5-Acetoxy-3-hydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid (38)−25.67−19.78−29.52
5-Chloro-2-methoxy-N-phenylbenzamide (39)−28.82−11.4486−32.0189
Kojic acid methyl ether (40)−16.99−10.3046−18.7795
Cyclo(leucylprolyl) (41)−13.27−2.68683−18.1432
Uracil (42)−23.4433.38−24.07
Linoleic acid (43)−20.39−0.25−23.88
Glycerol linoleate (44)−21.401.915−25.87
α-CPA (45)18.6330.2645.24
β-CPA (46)6.7725.604.12
α-CPA imine (47)22.8733.6739.92
cAATrp 2-oxo CPA (48)−10.642.20−15.32
Speradine B (50)6.9916.189.94
Speradine C (51)−5.1613.2115.64
Speradine D (52)−4.6213.7616.68
3-OH-speradine A (53)47.5049.92FD
Speradine F (54)70.2948.89FD
Speradine H (55)17.0035.3026.63
Cyclopiamide A (56)29.3238.3027.17
Cyclopiamide B (57)14.9134.7320.46
Cyclopiamide C (58)17.8932.1523.19
Cyclopiamide D (59)20.7831.6121.79
Cyclopiamide E (60)29.6550.3147.67
Cyclopiamide F (61)30.3240.3029.17
Cyclopiamide J (62)36.0850.93FD
Ustiloxin B (63)−21.824.91FD
Asperentin (64)−25.95−7.46−25.53
Aflatrem (65)75.3384.32FD
CK8 (CDK-2 inhibitor)−39.34NDND
Doxorubicin (TOP-2 inhibitor)−39.99−15.98−16.29
PB4 (MMP-13 inhibitor)NDND−73.00

Positive values indicate unfavorable interaction. FD, fail to dock; ND, not done; CK8, N-[4-(2,4-dimethyl-thiazol-5-yl)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-N′, N′-dimethyl- benzene-1,4-diamine; PB4, N, N′-bis (4-fluoro-3-methylbenzyl) pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxamid.