Abstract

STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL-QUANTUM INTERACTIONS OF CYANIDIN AND THE AMINO ACIDS OF PROTEINS TO VERIFY THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

*Manuel González-Pérez, Lorena Raquel Martinez-Garcia, Georgina Estefania Mota-Arias, Maria Rebeca Zavala-Baez, Magaly Medina-Ramos and Fanny Montes-Damián

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Abstract

Cyanidin 3-glucoside (C3G), the most abundant anthocyanin in the diet, may represent a new approach and a highly effective strategy to reduce carcinogenesis. As a central part of this research, we decided to study the quantum-chemical interactions of cyanidin (CND) and protein amino acids to verify its potential in treating degenerative diseases. CND was characterized using hyperchem software. In this characterization, the PM3 semi-empirical method (SE-PME) was used. The calculated parameters were HOMO, LUMO, BANDGAP (BG), E-, E+ Electrostatic Potential (EP). CND occupies the bottom of the quantum well. This lower value indicates the higher chemical stability of the cyanidin relative to amino acids (AAs). It can be said that CND has a very high probability of remaining in the body for a long time. We observe that CND oxidizes 18 amino acids and reduces two amino acids before the mean, exceeding the first quartile. The oxidation-reduction pattern is conserved in the 441 interactions of any protein sequencing. The probability that CND is an alternative for treating degenerative diseases is high.

Keywords: Cyanidin, Chemical-quantum interaction, amino acid, proteins, degenerative diseases.