Isolation and characterization of a lectin with potentially exploitable activities from caper (Capparis spinosa) seeds

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Lam, Sze Kwan ^a   Han, Qi Feng ^b   Ng, Tzi Bun ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antiproliferative activity; Capparis spinosa; HIV 1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity; Lectin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTOSE; ARABINOSE; CONCANAVALIN A; GALACTOSE; LECTIN; RAFFINOSE; RHAMNOSE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT LECTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GEL FILTRATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CAPPARIS SPINOSA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; VALSA MALI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAPPARIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; FUNGI; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEEDS; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350038195     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20080110     Document Type: Article

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