The fungal transformation of cedryl acetate (1) was investigated for the first time by using Cunninghamella elegans. The metabolites obtained include, 10β-hydroxycedryl acetate (3), 2α, 10β-dihydroxycedryl acetate (4), 2α-hydroxy-10-oxocedryl acetate (5), 3α,10β-dihydroxycedryl acetate (6), 3α,10α-dihydroxycedryl acetate (7), 10β,14α-dihydroxy cedryl acetate (8), 3β,10β-cedr-8(15)-ene-3,10-diol (9), and 3α,8β,10β -dihydroxycedrol (10). Compounds 1, 2, and 4 showed α-glucosidase inhibitory activity, whereby 1 was more potent than the standard inhibitor, acarbose, against yeast α-glucosidase. Detailed docking studies were performed on all experimentally active compounds to study the molecular interaction and binding mode in the active site of the modeled yeast α-glucosidase and human intestinal maltase glucoamylase. All active ligands were found to have greater binding affinity with the yeast α-glucosidase as compared to that of human homolog, the intestinal maltase, by an average value of approximately -1.4 kcal/mol, however, no significant difference was observed in the case of pancreatic amylase.
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