A relatively stable antifungal peptide from buckwheat seeds with antiproliferative activity toward cancer cells

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 762-767

  Leung, Edwin H W ^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 peptide; Antiproliferative activity; Buckwheat seeds; Cancer cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUCKWHEAT EXTRACT; BUFFER; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEPHAROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUCKWHEAT; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STABILITY; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GEL FILTRATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEUKEMIA L 1210; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPLEEN CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FAGOPYRUM; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SPLEEN;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOSPHAERELLA ARACHIDICOLA;

EID: 36049009964     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.891     Document Type: Article

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