Multiple trypsin inhibitors from Momordica cochinchinensis seeds, the Chinese drug mubiezhi

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-169

  Wong, Ricardo C H ^a   Fong, W P ^a   Ng, T B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Momordica cochinchinensis; Squash family trypsin isoinhibitors

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS EXTRACT; MUBIEZHI; PLANT EXTRACT; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EXTRACTION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOMORDICA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEEDS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS;

EID: 1942516818     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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