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. 2021 Sep 16;12(1):73–89. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.09.002

Table 1.

Molecular docking results and thermodynamic parameters of the natural products binding to the S1 domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

Compound The binding energy (kcal/mol) of Molecular docking calculation
The thermodynamic parameters of ITC binding assaya
ACE2-free spike protein spike-ACE2
complex protein
ΔS (J/mol·K) -TΔS (kJ/mol) ΔH (kJ/mol) ΔG (kJ/mol) n c Kd (μM)
Dioscin (TDEC2019CA001572) −8.8 −8.9 110.6 −32.98 −3.153 −36.13 5.488 117.3 0.468
Cephalinone D (TDEC2020CN000221) −8.1 −8.7 33.45 −9.972 −20.62 −30.59 0.333 0.8 4.371
Celastrol (TDEC2019CA001707) −8.9 −8.3 667.9 −199.1 166.2 −32.92 1.409 8.2 1.712
Saikosaponin C (TDEC2019CA001664) −8.6 −9.1 476.6 −142.1 112.5 −29.55 2.802 4.2 6.65
Epimedin C (TDEC2019CA001733) −8.2 −8.1 379.0 −113.0 81.37 −31.64 2.967 10.4 2.86
Epimedin C (TDEC2019CA001733) −8.2 −8.1 383.30 −114.30 82.65 −31.62 2.965 10.2 2.908
Candidine (TDEC2020CN000246) −9.0 −9.8 −243.4 72.58 −100 −27.42 0.115 0.1 15.7
Torvoside K (TDEC2019CN000617) −8.8 −8.3 −130.8 39.01 −69.97 −30.96 2.823 7.5 3.761
Amentoflavone (TDEC2019CA001644) −8.5 −9.1 −172.7 51.48 −82.13 −30.65 2.731 6.4 4.27
a

1 kcal = 4.1868 kj.