Vicilin Storage Proteins from Vigna unguiculata (Legume) Seeds Inhibit Fungal Growth

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4110-4115

  Gomes, Valdirene M ^a   Mosqueda, Maria Isabel ^b   Blanco Labra, Alejandro ^b   Sales, Maurício P ^a   Fernandes, Kátia Valevski S ^a   Cordeiro, Rossana A ^c   Xavier Filho, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

7S storage globulins; Chitin binding proteins; Cowpea seeds; Fungi; Spore germination; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; INSECTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; USTILAGO MAYDIS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0001399823     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960942g     Document Type: Article

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