Natural plant cysteine proteinases as anthelmintics?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 322-327

  Stepek, Gillian ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^a   Buttle, David J ^b   Duce, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHYMOPAPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FICIN; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; PAPAIN;

CATALYSIS; DISKITIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FICUS; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ANIMALIA; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; NEMATODA;

EID: 2942607580     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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