Plant protease inhibitors in therapeutics-focus on cancer therapy

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2016, Pages

  Srikanth, Sandhya ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BBI; Cancer; Food crops; Pharmacological; Plant protease inhibitors; therapeutics

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BARLEY SERPIN Z4; BARLEY SERPIN Z7; BARLEY SERPIN ZX; BAUHINIA BAUHINIOIDES KALLIKREIN INHIBITOR; BAUHINIA RUFA TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; BOWMAN BIRK INHIBITOR; BROMELAIN; BUCKWHEAT INHIBITOR 1; COCCINIA GRANDIS PROTEASE INHIBITOR; EGLIN C; ENTEROLOBIUM CONTORTISILIQUUM TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; FIELD BEAN PROTEASE INHIBITOR; KALLIKREIN INHIBITOR; LAVATERA CASHMERIANA PROTEASE INHIBITOR I; LAVATERA CASHMERIANA PROTEASE INHIBITOR II; LAVATERA CASHMERIANA PROTEASE INHIBITOR III; LAVATERA CASHMERIANA PROTEASE INHIBITOR IV; LENTIL SEED TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; PATATIN; PELTOPHORIUM DUBIUM TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; POTAMIN 1; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RAGI BIFUNCTIONAL INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; SQUASH INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; BARLEY; BEAN; BUCKWHEAT; CANCER INHIBITION; CHICKPEA; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FINGER MILLET; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; LENTIL; LEUKOPLAKIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EDEMA; MAIZE; MILLET; NONHUMAN; PEA; PEANUT; PIGEONPEA; PINEAPPLE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; POTATO; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW; SQUASH; STOMACH CANCER; THERMOSTABILITY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WHEAT;

EID: 85009230900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00470     Document Type: Review

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