Presence of lectins, tannins and protease inhibitors in Venezuelan marine algae;Presencia de lectinas, taninos e inhibidores de proteasas en algas marinas de las costas Venezolanas

Acta Cientifica Venezolana

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-151

  Perez Lorenzo, Sonia ^a,b   Levy Benshimol, Abraham ^a   Gomez Acevedo, Santiago ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lectins; Marine algae; Protease inhibitors; Tannins

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEAWEED; VENEZUELA;

LECTINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SEAWEED; TANNINS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032243278     PISSN: 00015504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bird, K.T., Chiles, T.C., Longley, R.E., Kendrick, A.F. y Kinkema, M.D. Agglutinins from marine macroalgae of southeastern United States. J. Appl. Phycol. 5: 213-218, 1993.
2. Blunden, G., Rogers, D.J. y Farham, W.F. Haemagglutinins in British marine algae and their possible taxonomic value. In D.E.G. Irvine y J.H. Price. Modern approaches to the taxonomy of red and brown algae. The Systematics Association Special Vol. No. 10, Academic Press, Inc. New York, 1978, pp. 21-45.
3. Blunden, G., Rogers, D.J., Carpenter, B.C., Mclellan, D.S. y Smith B.E. Lectinas, agentes antihemostáticos y compuestos positivos al reactivo de Dragendorff en algas marinas de Venezuela y Túnez. Rev. Facultad Farmacia (Mérida, Venezuela) 28: 25-28, 1992.
4. Blunden, G., Rogers, D.J., Loveless, R.W. y Patel, A.V. Haemagglutinins in marine algae-lectins or phenols? Walter de Gruyter y Co., Berlin, 1986 Lectins, V: pp. 139-145.
5. Boyd, C.W., Almodóvar, L.R. y Boyd, L.G. Agglutinins in marine algae for human erythrocytes. Transfusion 6: 82-83, 1966.
6. Campbell, D.H., Garvey, J.S., Cremer, N.E. y Sussdorf, D.H. Methods in Immunology. Second Edition. W.A. Benjamin, Inc. EEUU, 1970, p. 454.
7. Carmona, A. Aislamiento, cuantificación, purificación y caracterización parcial de los taninos de caraotas negras (Phaseolus vulgaris) variedad Cubagua. Trabajo de Ascenso para optar a la Categoría de Profesor Asistente. Escuela de Biología. UCV. p. 57, 1981.
8. Casotto, M., Palozzo, A.I., Agostini, G. y Levy-Benshimol, A. Estudio de las lectinas presentes en semillas de Papilioniodeae (Leguminoseae) de Venezuela. Acta Cient. Venez. 35: 248-252, 1984.
9. Casaretto, J.A. y Corcuera, L.J. Plant protein inhibitors a defensive response against insects. Biol. Res. 28: 239-249, 1995.
10. Chapman, V.J. The marine algae of Jamaica. Part II. Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae. Publ. Inst. of Jamaica 12(1): 1-201, 1963.
11. Chiles, T.C. y Bird, K.T. A comparative study of animal erythrocyte agglutinins from marine algae. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 94B: 107-111, 1989.
12. Cordeiro-Marino, M. Rodofíceas bentónicas marinhas do estado de Santa Catarina. Rickia 7: 1-123, 1978.
13. Dawes, C.J. Botánica Marina, De Limusa, México, 1986, p. 673.
14. Fan, K.C. Morphological studies of Gelidiales. Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 32: 315-368, 1961.
15. Ganesan, E.K. Evaluación de la flora macrobentónica (macroalgas y fanerógamas marinas) de la cuenca Tuy-Cariaco, Venezuela. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente 22: 145-175, 1983.
16. Ganesan, E.K. A catalog of benthic marine algae and seagrasses of Venezuela, Conicit Fondo Editorial, Caracas, 1989, p. 237.
17. Glombitza, K.W. y Lis, S.M. Further Phlorotannins from Carpophyllum maschalocarpum. Planta Med. 56: 558-560, 1990.
18. Goldstein, I.J., Hughes, D.C., Monsigny, M., Osawa, M. y Sharon, N. What should be called a lectin? Nature 285: 66-70, 1980.
19. Gómez, S. Estudio sistemático de algas macrobentónicas marinas de las islas coralinas Cayo Borracho y Cayo Sal, Parque Nacional Morrocoy, Edo. Falcón. Trabajo de Ascenso, Escuela de Biología, UCV. p. 154, 1982.
20. González, A.C. Estudio ficoecológico de una región del litoral central (Punta Tarma), Venezuela. Acta Bot. Venez. 112: 207-240, 1977a.
21. Hammer, L. y Gressner, F. La taxonomía de la vegetación marina en la costa oriental de Venezuela. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. Univ. Oriente 6: 186-265, 1967.
22. Hay, M.E. y Fenical, W. Marine plant-herbivore interactions: The ecology of chemical defence. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 19: 111-145, 1988.
23. Hommersand, M.H. The morphology and classification of some Ceramiaceae and Rhodomelaceae. Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 35: 165-366, 1963.
24. Hori, K., Miyazawa, K., Fusetani, N., Hashimoto, K. e Ito, K. Hypnins, low molecular weight peptidic agglutinins isolated from a marine red alga Hypnea japonica. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 873: 228-236, 1986.
25. Huisman, J.M. y Borowitzka, M.A. A revision of the Australian species of Galaxaura (Rhodophyta, Galaxauraceae), with a description of Tricleocarpa gen. nov. Phycology 29: 150-172, 1990.
26. Ingram, G.A. Lectins and lectin-like molecules in lower plants - 1. Marine Algae. Developmental and Comp. Immun. 9: 1-10, 1985.
27. Ishihara, T., Yasuda, M. y Suchimoto, T. Protease inhibitors contained in algae (1): Trypsin inhibitors in Purple Laver. J. Jap. Soc. Food and Nutr. 21: 45-48, 1968.
28. Jaffé, W.G., Brücher, O. y Palozzo, A. Dettection of four types specific Phytohemagglutinings in different lines of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Z. Immun. Forsch. 142: 439-447, 1972.
29. Jaffé, W.G. Hemagglutinins (Lectins). En: Toxic Constituents of Plant Foodstooffs. Liener, I.E. (Editor), Academic Press, 1980, pp. 73-98.
30. Jaffé, W.G., Montbrun, M., Callejas, A. y Jaffé, M. Studien mit agglutinierenden ei weiss fractionen aus Phaseolus vulgaris and Vicia faba in ihrer werkund auf die erythrozyten verschiedener. Z. Immun. Alleg. 129: 190-196, 1965.
31. Joly, A.B. Flora marinha do litoral norte do Estado de Sao Paulo e regios circumvizinhas. Bol. Filos. Fac. Cien. Let. Univ. Sao Paulo. Ser. Bot. 294: 1-393, 1965.
32. Joly, A.B. Generos de algas marinhas da costa atlantica latinoamericana, Editora da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil, 1967, p. 464.
33. Kilpatrick, D.C. y Yeoman, M.M. Purification of the lectin of Datura stramonium. Biochem. J. 175: 1151-1153, 1978.
34. Levy-Benshimol, A., Melito, C. y Ramírez, N. Presencia de lectinas en semillas de leguminosas de la flora venezolana. Acta Cient. Venez. 44: 341-348, 1994.
35. Liener, I.E., Sharon, N. y Goldstein, I.J. En: The Lectins. Properties, Functions and Applications in Biology and Medicine. Academic Press, Inc. London/New York, 1986, pp. 1-600.
36. Lowry, O.H., Rosebrough, N.J., Farr, A.L. y Randall, R.J. Protein measurements with the Folin phenol reagent. J. Biol. Chem. 193: 265-275, 1951.
37. Maxson, E.D. y Rooney, L.W. Evaluation of methods for tannin analysis in sorghum grain. Cereal Chemistry 49: 719-729, 1972.
38. Porter, L.J. Tannins. Methods in Plant Biochem. 1: 389-419, 1989.
39. Porter, L.J., Hrstich, L.N. y Cahn, B.G. The conversion of procyanidins and prodelphinidins to cyanidin and dephinidin. Phytochemistry25: 223-230, 1986.
40. Price, M.L. y Butler, L.G. Rapid visual estimation on espectrophotometric determination of tannin content of sorghum grain. J. Agric. Food Chem. 25: 1268-1273, 1977.
41. Rogers, D.J. y Loveless, R,W. Receptor-specificity differences in the lectins from subspecies of Codium fragile. Br. Phycol. J. 20: 190-191, 1985.
42. Sharon, N. y Lis, H. Lectins: cell agglutinating and sugar-specific proteins. Science 177: 951-959, 1972.
43. Shiomi, K., Kamiya, H. y Shimizu, Y. Purification and characterization of an agglutinin in the red alga Agardhiella tenera. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 576: 118-127, 1979.
44. Tovar, J. Rapid detection of proteinase inhibitors in agar plates. Acta. Cient. Venez. 34: 370-371, 1983.