Table 3A: Binding Free Energy Comparison Between the Experimentala Values and AutoDock’s Predicted Values of the Ligands. Experimental Values are Converted from EC50 Values in Table 1

Ligands Binding free energy (∆Gbind) (kcal/mol)
AutoDock (predicted) Experimental
7 -9.7 -9.3
9 -9.4 -9.6
10 -9.0 -8.5
13 -9.1 -9.2
16 -9.3 -6.5
17 -9.7 -7.1
18 -8.5 -7.5
19 -9.3 -9.2
20 -8.2 -9.2
21 -7.7 -8.2