Biological activities and applications of dioscorins,the major tuber storage proteins of yam

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Lu, Yeh Lin ^a   Chia, Cho Yun ^a   Liu, Yen Wenn ^a   Hou, Wen Chi ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Antihypertensive protein; Antioxidant; Dioscorin; Immunomodulatory; Lectin; Yam tuber storage Protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873735353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2225-4110(16)30069-4     Document Type: Article

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