Research Article

Hypolipidemic Effect of Chloroform Extract of Lagenaria siceraria: Potential Inhibitory Activity of Phytochemicals Targeting the HMG-CoA Reductase Revealed by Molecular Docking and Simulation Studies

Table 2

The binding free energies of the complexes calculated by implying the MM/PBSA module.

Energy components (kcal/mol)Stigmastan-3-olAtorvastatin

−41.35 ± 0.14−43.62 ± 0.15
−3.47 ± 0.08−4.51 ± 0.09
−30.28 ± 0.15−27.69 ± 0.12
44.31 ± 0.0648.77 ± 0.09
21.24 ± 0.0819.45 ± 0.10
−44.82 ± 0.17−43.57 ± 0.16
45.28 ± 0.0944.67 ± 0.10
−9.09 ± 0.15−6.50 ± 0.17