Antidiabetic and antioxidant studies of novel synthesized titanium (IV) complex: Design, synthesis, in‐silico docking and in‐vitro studies

Abstract

[{TiCl3}2(C3N3S3H)] (where C3N3S3H is Trithiocyanuric acid) was designed and synthesized by the reaction of TiCl4 and trithiocyanuric acid in 2:1 M ratio under stirring and refluxing condition using THF solvent. The synthesized Titanium (IV) complex was characterized by various spectroscopic techniques like FT‐IR, NMR, MASS, XRD, UV–visible spectrophotometer and elemental analysis (CHNSO). Moreover, in‐silico docking studies of the ligand and its Ti (IV) complex were carried out by AutoDockTools‐1.5.6 to study interactions of the complex under study with the receptor protein. Afterwards, both ligand and synthesized Ti (IV)complex were screened for the antioxidant and antidiabetic potential by in‐vitro method. The antioxidant potential was investigated by using DPPH (2,2‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging assay where ligand exhibited moderate activity while Ti (IV) complex presented significant antioxidant activity. Following, alpha‐amylase enzyme inhibition was investigated using iodine‐starch inhibition assay. It was found that the ligand was inactive (showed no α‐amylase inhibition activity) while the Ti (IV)complex was a potent α‐amylase inhibitor. Furthermore, the experimentally obtained results were also complimented by the in‐silico results.