Pananotin, a potent antifungal protein from roots of the traditional chinese medicinal herb Panax notoginseng

Planta Medica

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1024-1028

  Lam, S K ^a   Ng, T B ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antifungal protein; Araliaceae; Pananotin; Panax notoginseng

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; PANANOTIN; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ARALIACEAE; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; COPRINUS; COPRINUS COMATUS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PHYSALOSPORA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036863593     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35649     Document Type: Article

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