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Castor bean cake contains a trypsin inhibitor that displays antifungal activity...
Silva, Rodolpho Glauber Guedes; Vasconcelos, Ilka M.; Bastos Filho, Acrísio José Uchôa; Carvalho, Ana Fontenele Urano; Souza, Terezinha M.A novel trypsin inhibitor, named RcTI, was purified from castor bean cake (Ricinus communis L.) by heat treatment followed by chromatography on anhydrotrypsin-Sepharose 4B and Resource Q. RcTI is a 14 kDa competitive inhibitor with pI 5.2 and a dissociation constant (Ki) of 1.9 × 10−5 mM. The amino-terminal sequence showed similarity with a 2S sulfur-rich seed storage protein (83%) and napin-like protein (48%)....
Ação do Acibenzolar-S-Metil na resposta bioquímica de defesa do melão desafiado...
Gondim, Darcy Mayra FurtadoMelon fruit constitutes one of the main segments of the Brazilian economy. Its production is exported particularly to countries in the European Union. Thus it is fundamental the control of postharvest diseases of melon. Fusarium pallidoroseum is an important phytopathogen which provokes rot in melon fruits. This disease represents a serious obstacle in its commercialization as a foreign commodity. In this prese...