Plant cysteine proteinases: Evaluation of the pharmacological activity

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2263-2269

  Salas, Carlos E ^a   Gomes, Marco T R ^a   Hernandez, Martha ^b   Lopes, Miriam T P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Universidad de Ciego de Avila   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antitumoral; Cysteine proteinases; Mitogenic; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PAPAIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CARICACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PEA; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHORT SURVEY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CARICACEAE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PAPAIN; PEAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; WOUND HEALING;

CARICACEAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 51249107963     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.05.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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