Therapeutic and Mechanistic Approaches of Tridax procumbens Flavonoids for the Treatment of Pyrexia: Molecular Docking

Abstract

The perennial plant Tridax Procumbens is particularly intriguing, and its secondary metabolites, also known as T. procumbens flavonoids (TPFs), are well-known phytochemical agents due to their diverse medicinal uses, including their anti-inflammatory, anti-anemic, and anti-diabetic effects. The antipyretic potential of luteolin, a natural product isolated from the medicinal plant Tridax procumbens, was investigated for antipyretic action through molecular docking analyses with the target enzymes cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). The docking result of luteolin revealed that their docking scores was -7.24 kcal mol–1 and it can be predicted as good inhibitor of human COX2 receptor.