Isolation of a trypsin inhibitor with deletion of N-terminal pentapeptide from the seeds of Momordica cochinchinensis, the Chinese drug mubiezhi

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 707-715

  Huang, B ^a   Ng, T B ^a   Fong, W P ^a   Wan, C C ^a   Yeung, H W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cucurbitaceae; Momordica cochinchinensis; Squash family trypsin inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CHINESE DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXTRACTION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CUCURBITACEAE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOMORDICA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS;

EID: 0032993955     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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