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Table 6 Reverse pharmacophore mapping for the top compounds to identify potential targets

From: Phytoconstituents of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Ashwagandha) unveiled potential cerebroside sulfotransferase inhibitors: insight through virtual screening, molecular dynamics, toxicity, and reverse pharmacophore analysis

Compounds

Proteins

Gene Symbol

Probability of binding ≥ 0.15

Withasomidienone

NA

--

--

2,4-methylene-cholesterol

Niemann-Pick C1-like protein 1

NPC1L1

0.83263977

LXR-alpha

NR1H3

0.797514816

Nuclear receptor ROR-gamma

RORC

0.780021035

Androgen Receptor

AR

0.771254955

Cytochrome P450 17A1

CYP17A1

0.586987094

HMG-CoA reductase

HMGCR

0.516792571

Cytochrome P450 51 (by homology)

CYP51A1

0.516792571

Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2

SREBF2

0.472947954

Nuclear receptor ROR-alpha

RORA

0.253545671

2,3-Didehydrosomnifericin

NA

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