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The pharmacological action of phytocompounds present in the flower part of\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    in treating the skin inflammation is largely unknown. In the present study, we have employed a network pharmacology and molecular docking approach to explore the therapeutic potential of\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    in treating AD and to understand the molecular mechanism of action of phytocompounds present in the flower part of\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    . The phytochemical data of\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    were extracted from the IMPPAT database, which includes 16 phytocompounds: gossypol, kaempferol, quercetin, lupenone, lupeol, quercetin\u20103\u2010glucoside, beta\u2010sitosterol, etc. Based on the SEA database search, 226 targets were identified to have binding affinity with the phytocompounds present in\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    flowers. A total of 1538 AD\u2010associated targets were retrieved and out of which 71 were identified to be ligand\u2010associated AD targets and were further used for network construction. The AD network revealed the multi\u2010targeted mechanism of phytocompounds present in\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    against AD targets responsible for its anti\u2010dermatitic activity. The top 15 potential protein targets in the network were found to be AKT1, NFKB1, MMP9, STAT3, EGFR, BCL2, PPARG, ESR1, MMP2, IL2, TLR2, GSK3B, KDR, CREB1, and ALOX5. Based on virtual screening and SwissADME prediction, eight docking complexes with high binding affinity and favorable pharmacokinetic properties were selected for AutoDock analysis. Among the selected docking complexes, beta\u2010sitosterol and glycogen synthase kinase\u20103 beta (GSK3B) complex were found to possess the maximum binding energy of \u22128.3\u00a0kcal\/mol with interacting amino acids GLU B:290, PRO A:212, PRO B:286, and TYR B:288. Other potent interactions that signify the anti\u2010dermatitic potential of\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    include kaempferol\u2010GSK3B, lupeol\u2010GSK3B, beta\u2010sitosterol\u2010GSK3B, herbacetin\u2010ALOX5, gossypetin\u2010ALOX5, quercetin\u2010ALOX5, lupenone\u2010ALOX5, and lupeol\u2010ALOX5. The GSK3B complex and arachidonate 5\u2010lipoxygenase were found to be the key anti\u2010dermatitic targets for the phytocompounds present in\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    flowers. The network pharmacological study revealed the mechanism of action of the phytocompounds present in\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    flowers against potential dermatitis targets and molecular docking analysis highlighted the potent interactions responsible for its anti\u2010dermatitic property. The present study offers valuable insights into the anti\u2010dermatitic property of\n                    <jats:italic>Thespesia populnea<\/jats:italic>\n                    flowers ().\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/bab.70203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T06:17:01Z","timestamp":1788416221000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking to Elucidate the Anti\u2010Dermatitic Mechanism of Phytocompounds in\n                    <i>Thespesia populnea<\/i>\n                    Flowers"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9487-9823","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Poongodi","family":"Thangavel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women  Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0402-6307","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kandavelmani","family":"Angamuthu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women  Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3908-7671","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gayathri Devi","family":"Sundaramurthy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women  Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","first-page":"91","article-title":"Update on Atopic Dermatitis: Diagnosis, Severity Assessment, and Treatment Selection","volume":"8","author":"Fishbein A. 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