A new mistletoe Phthirusa pyrifolia leaf lectin with antimicrobial properties

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-533

  Costa, Romero M P B ^a,b   Vaz, Antônio F M ^a   Oliva, Maria L V ^c   Coelho, Luana C B B ^a   Correia, Maria T S ^a   Carneiro da Cunha, Maria G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chromatography; Fluorescence; Lectin; Mistletoe; Phthirusa pyrifolia

Indexed keywords

2-MERCAPTOETHANOL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL POTENTIAL; DIVALENT CATION; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION SPECTRA; FUSARIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MONOMERIC PROTEINS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SDS-PAGE; SEPHADEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUGAR CONTENT;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FRUCTOSE; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FLUORESCENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM LATERITIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PHTHIRUSA PYRIFOLIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 77649185312     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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