Identification of the most potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from plants for possible treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: a computational approach

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 10 Overall comparison of the main features of bellidifolin, naringenin, apigenin, and coptisine as potential drugs to treat AD according to the study along with the 2 positive controls from comparison. All the compounds are ranked (excellent, good, and poor) based on their performance in every aspect

Features	Bellidifolin	Naringenin	Apigenin	Coptisine	Donepezil (positive control 1)	Galantamine (positive control 2)	Remarks (Best performers)
Molecular docking study	Good	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Poor	Coptisine
Druglikeness properties	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	All
Absorption	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Poor	Good	Poor	Bellidifolin, naringenin, apigenin
Distribution	Excellent	Excellent	Poor	Poor	Excellent	Good	Bellidifolin, naringenin
Metabolism	Excellent	Poor	Good	Good	Good	Excellent	Bellidifolin
Excretion	Good	Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Coptisine
Toxicity	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Naringenin & apigenin
PASS Prediction	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	All
P450 SOM	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Poor	Good	Good	Naringenin, apigenin
DFT calculations	Good	Good	Poor	Excellent	Good	Good	Coptisine