Cordymin, an antifungal peptide from the medicinal fungus Cordyceps militaris

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Wong, Jack H ^a   Ng, Tzi Bun ^a   Wang, Hexiang ^b   Sze, Stephen Cho Wing ^c   Zhang, Kalin Yanbo ^c   Li, Qi ^d   Lu, Xiaoxu ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Cordyceps; Isolation

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORDYMIN; DEFENSIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELMINTHOSPORIUM MAYDIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYPHOMYCETES; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPHAGE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCOSPHAERELLA ARACHIDICOLA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VALSA MALI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CORDYCEPS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOSPHAERELLA ARACHIDICOLA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VALSA MALI;

EID: 79952737572     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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