Reaction for the localization of strictosidine glucosidase activity on polyacrylamide gels

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-19

  Luijendijk, T J C ^a   Stevens, L H ^a,b   Verpoorte, R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catharanthus roseus; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Strictosidine; Strictosidine glucosidase; Tabernaemontana divaricata

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GELS;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY; LOCALISATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS; SIMPLE++; STRICTOSIDINE; STRICTOSIDINE GLUCOSIDASE; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; TABERNAEMONTANA; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA;

EID: 0030059263     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199601)7:1<16::AID-PCA280>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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