Purification and biochemical characterization of Eumiliin from Euphorbia milii var. hislopii latex

Phytochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 708-715

  Fonseca, K C ^a   Morais, N C G ^a   Queiroz, M R ^a   Silva, M C ^a   Gomes, M S ^a   Costa, J O ^a,b   Mamede, C C N ^a   Torres, F S ^c   Penha Silva, N ^a   Beletti, M E ^a   Canabrava, H A N ^a   Oliveira, F ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Triângulo Mineiro Federal University   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Nano Biofarmacêutica N Biofar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crown of Thorns; Cysteine protease; Eumiliin; Euphorbia milii; Euphorbiaceae

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; EUMILIIN, EUPHORBIA MILII; FIBRINOGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUPHORBIA; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EUPHORBIA; FIBRINOGEN; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA MILII; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; EUPHORBIACEAE; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA;

EID: 77950296835     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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