Khaoula Diass

2.3. Molecular Docking Studies The molecular docking approach can be used to model the interaction between a small molecule and a protein at the atomic level, which allows to characterize the behavior of small molecules in the binding site of target proteins as well as to elucidate fundamental biochemical processes [17,64]. The four compounds (linalool, linalyl acetate, camphor, and eucalyptol) (Figure 1) were selected for an in silico docking study with a bacterial protein from E. coli.