The alpine violet, Viola biflora, is a rich source of cyclotides with potent cytotoxicity

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 939-952

  Herrmann, Anders ^a   Burman, Robert ^a   Mylne, Joshua S ^b   Karlsson, Gustav ^a,b   Gullbo, Joachim ^c   Craik, David J ^b   Clark, Richard J ^b   Göransson, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Arctic yellow violet; cDNA screening; Circular proteins; Cyclotides; Cytotoxicity; MS MS; Two flower violet; Viola biflora L.; Violaceae

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIOLACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLOTIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIOLA;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RUBIACEAE; VIOLA BIFLORA; VIOLA LABRADORICA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 39149141320     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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