Research Article

Molecular Docking, Dynamics Simulations, ADMET, and DFT Calculations: Combined In Silico Approach to Screen Natural Inhibitors of 3CL and PL Proteases of SARS-CoV-2

Table 4

ADME properties of the selected ligands.

PropertyGlycyrrhizinRutinNaringinViolaxanthin

Physicochemical properties
 Heavy atoms58434144
 Aromatic heavy atoms016120
 Rotatable bonds76610
 H bond acceptors1616144
 H bond donors81082
 TPSA267.04 Å2269.43 Å2225.06 Å265.52 Å2
Lipophilicity
 Log (iLOGP)2.152.432.387.22
 Log (XLOGP3)2.8-0.33-0.449.76
 Log (WLOGP)2.25-1.69-1.498.97
 Log (MLOGP)0.02-3.89-2.775.37
 Log (SILICOS-IT)0.52-2.11-1.6410.60
 Consensus Log 1.55-1.12-0.798.39
Water solubility
 Log S (ESOL) and class-6.24 and poorly soluble-3.3 and soluble-2.98 and soluble-9.05 and poorly soluble
 Log S (Ali) and class-8.06 and poorly soluble-4.87 and moderately soluble-3.82 and soluble-11.06 and insoluble
 Log S (SILICOS-IT) and class-1.39 and soluble-0.29 and soluble-0.49 and soluble-5.38 and moderately soluble
Pharmacokinetics
 GI absorptionLowLowLowLow
 BBB permeantNoNoNoNo
 P-gp substrateYesYesYesYes
 CYP1A2 inhibitorNoNoNoNo
 CYP2C19 inhibitorNoNoNoNo
 CYP2C9 inhibitorNoNoNoNo
 CYP2D6 inhibitorNoNoNoNo
 CYP3A4 inhibitorNoNoNoNo
 Log (skin permeation)-9.33 cm/s-10.26 cm/s-10.15 cm/s-3.04 cm/s
Drug-likeness and violations
 Lipinski’s rule of 5 and no. of violationsNo and 3No and 3No and 3No and 2
 Ghose’s filter and no. of violationsNo and 3No and 4No and 4No and4
 Veber’s filter and no. of violationsNo and 1No and 1No and 1Yes and 0
 Egan’s (Pharmacia) filter and no. of violationsNo and 1No and 1No and 1No and 1
 Muegge’s (Bayer) filter and no. of violationsNo and 1No and 4No and 3No and 2
 Bioavailability score0.110.170.170.17
Medicinal chemistry
 PAINS0 alert1 alert0 alert0 alert
 Synthetic accessibility score8.846.526.167.58