A novel sialic acid-specific lectin from Phaseolus coccineus seeds with potent antineoplastic and antifungal activities

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-360

  Chen, Jing ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Ji, Na ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Bian, He jiao ^a   Li, Chun yang ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   Bao, Jin ku ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Apoptosis; Caspase dependent; Phaseolus coccineus lectin; Sialic acid specificity

Indexed keywords

CASPASE INHIBITOR; HOMODIMER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LECTIN; SEPHAROSE; SIALIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN L 929; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ERYTHROCYTES; FUNGI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; LECTINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEOPLASMS; PHASEOLUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; RABBITS; SEEDS;

FUNGI; PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS;

EID: 62549131255     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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