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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="pharmaceutical-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Open Science Publishers LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">239</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">https://doi.org/10.31782/IJMPS.2023.131101</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Pharmaceutical Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>In Silico Studies of Various Bioactive Phytochemicals Present in Andrographis Paniculata as Potential Antimicrobial Candidates&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chouksey</surname><given-names>Meena</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lal</surname><given-names>Kajaj</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mahapatra</surname><given-names>Shiv Sagar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gangotri</surname><given-names>Rashmi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pujari</surname><given-names>Divya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sahu</surname><given-names>Pratibha</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>10</day><month>11</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>1)</volume><issue/><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>5</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Andrographis paniculata, commonly known as __ampersandsignldquo;King of Bitters,__ampersandsignrdquo; is a prominent medicinal plant belonging to the Acanthaceae family. It is indigenous to South Asian countries such as India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and is widely cultivated in other regions including China and Southeast Asia. The plant is renowned for its bitter taste and has been utilize extensively in traditional medicine systems like Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and Thai medicine for centuries. Materials and Methods: The current research emphasized on exploring the inhibitory perspectives of phytochemicals present in A. paniculata such as andrographolide (1), bis-andrographolide (2), carvacrol (3), eugenol (4), __ampersandsignalpha;-guaiene (5), wogonin (6), oroxylin A (7), chlorogenic acid (8), myristic acid (9), caffeic acid (10), hentriacontane (11), triacontane (12), ninandrographolide (13), 14-deoxyandrographolide (14), and neoxyandrographiside (15) against E. coli Topoisomerase-IV co-complexed with inhibitor (PDB ID: 3FV5) by molecular docking approach using the Schrodinger software as anti-bacterial agent by using in-silico approaches with the help of published literature on downregulation of enzyme expression and combining this information in order to recognize drug target [PDB ID: 3FV5; Crystal Structure of E. coli Topoisomerase-IV co-complexed with inhibitor]. Result: The in silico studies revealed that the phytoconstituents successfully inhibited bacterial topoisomerase at varied degree, which suggested plausible utilization as antimicrobial. Conclusion: This leads to the ultimate conclusion inhibiting E. coli topoisomerase-IV is the key to solving all naturally occurring problems, which will aid humanity in overcoming difficult circumstances.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Andrographis paniculata</kwd><kwd> Antibacterial</kwd><kwd> Target</kwd><kwd> Phytochemicals</kwd><kwd> Inhibition</kwd><kwd> In silico</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
