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Natural products represent an important source of structurally diverse bioactive compounds with potential therapeutic relevance. In this study, we computationally evaluated carnosic acid, a diterpene from\n                    <jats:italic>Rosmarinus officinalis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , as a potential AChE inhibitor using molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, normal mode analysis (NMA), and ADME profiling. Docking against the human AChE crystal structure (PDB ID: 4EY7) yielded a binding energy of \u22126.5\u202fkcal\/mol, comparable to reference phytochemicals evaluated under identical conditions. Interaction analysis revealed hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic contacts within the catalytic anionic site. A 100\u202fns MD simulation demonstrated structural stability of the carnosic acid\u2013AChE complex, supported by stable RMSD, RMSF, radius of gyration (Rg), solvent-accessible surface area (SASA), and persistent hydrogen bonding patterns. NMA indicated coordinated motions and low deformability, suggesting stable complex formation. ADME prediction showed acceptable drug-likeness with one Lipinski rule violation but indicated limited gastrointestinal absorption and lack of predicted blood\u2013brain barrier permeability, representing potential developmental challenges. Overall, these\n                    <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic>\n                    findings suggest that carnosic acid exhibits moderate binding affinity and stable interaction with AChE, supporting further experimental validation to assess its therapeutic potential in AD.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnagi.2026.1744010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]],"date-time":"2026-05-15T05:43:39Z","timestamp":1778823819000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Computational evaluation of carnosic acid as a 4EY7 inhibitor for potential anti-Alzheimer therapy"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Abdulrahman","family":"Alhamyani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Baha University","place":["Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1016\/j.softx.2015.06.001","article-title":"GROMACS: high performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers","author":"Abraham","year":"2015","journal-title":"SoftwareX"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"123831","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijbiomac.2023.123831","article-title":"Inhibition of microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4 by an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, Huperzine a: computational and experimental approaches","volume":"235","author":"Alrouji","year":"2023","journal-title":"Int. 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