Coagulant and antibacterial activities of the water-soluble seed lectin from Moringa oleifera

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-192

  Ferreira, R S ^a,b   Napoleao T H ^a   Santos, A F S ^c   Sa R A ^d   Carneiro da Cunha, M G ^a   Morais, M M C ^e   Silva Lucca, R A ^b,f   Oliva, M L V ^b   Coelho, L C B B ^a   Paiva, P M G ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Coagulant activity; Lectin; Moringa oleifera; Seeds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; PROTEINS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; COAGULANT ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; LECTIN; MORINGA OLEIFERA; OLEIFERA; POLLUTED WATER; SEEDS EXTRACTS; TURBID WATER; WATERSOLUBLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COAGULATING AGENT; LAKE WATER; LECTIN; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COAGULATION; DICOTYLEDON; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; LAKE WATER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MARINE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORINGA OLEIFERA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960122973     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03089.x     Document Type: Article

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