Table 2 Docking score and free binding energy calculation of best-ranked plant metabolites against selected molecular targets.

From: Insecticidal activity of essential oils from American native plants against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): an introduction to their possible mechanism of action

Target

Compound

Docking score (kcal/mol)

Complex I

trans-β-caryophyllene

− 5.8

Viridiflorol

− 5.5

Germacrene D

− 5.3

Carvacrol

− 4.9

γ-terpinene

− 4.7

p-cymene

− 4.7

Thymol

− 4.7

β-pinene

− 4.6

Limonene

− 4.6

Sabinene

− 4.6

Complex II

Thymol

− 6.2

Carvacrol

− 5.8

Viridiflorol

− 5.7

Limonene

− 5.4

γ-terpinene

− 5.3

p-cymene

− 5.3

Sabinene

− 5.0

β-pinene

− 4.9

trans-β-caryophyllene

− 4.6

α-pinene

− 4.5

Complex III

p-cymene

− 6.6

Sabinene

− 6.6

Carvacrol

− 6.4

γ-terpinene

− 6.4

Limonene

− 6.4

α-pinene

− 6.0

delta-carene

− 6.0

Thymol

− 5.8

β-pinene

− 5.4

trans-β-caryophyllene

− 4.7

Complex IV

Viridiflorol

− 4.0

Carvacrol

− 3.9

trans-β-caryophyllene

− 3.9

Germacrene D

− 3.8

γ-terpinene

− 3.7

p-Cymene

− 3.6

Sabinene

− 3.6

Thymol

− 3.6

delta-carene

− 3.4

Limonene

− 3.4

Acetylcholinesterase

p-Cymene

− 6.9

Carvacrol

− 6.8

γ-terpinene

− 6.8

delta-carene

− 6.6

Limonene

− 6.6

Vidiriflorol

− 6.5

trans-β-caryophyllene

− 6.5

Germacrene D

− 6.4

β-pinene

− 6.4

Sabinene

− 6.3