Activity-guided isolation of a novel protein from Croton tiglium with antifungal and antibacterial activities

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1646-1649

  Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Tayyab, Muhammad ^a   Naz, Farah ^a   Jamil, Amer ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Bioactive peptide protein; Croton tiglium

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CROTON TIGLIUM LINN; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; MONOMER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CROTON; CROTON TIGLIUM; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CROTON; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

CROTON TIGLIUM;

EID: 57549097481     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2544     Document Type: Article

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