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| Azevedo,C.R.; Maciel,F.M.; Silva,L.B.; Ferreira,A.T.S.; da Cunha,M.; Machado,O.L.T.; Fernandes,K.V.S.; Oliveira,A.E.A.; Xavier-Filho,J.. |
| Evidence based on immunological cross-reactivity and anti-diabetic properties has suggested the presence of insulin-like peptides in plants. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence of insulin-like proteins in the leaves of Bauhinia variegata ("pata-de-vaca", "mororó"), a plant widely utilized in popular medicine as an anti-diabetic agent. We show that an insulin-like protein was present in the leaves of this plant. A chloroplast protein with a molecular mass similar to that of bovine insulin was extracted from 2-mm thick 15% SDS-PAGE gels and fractionated with a 2 x 24 cm Sephadex G-50 column. The activity of this insulin-like protein (0.48 mg/mL) on serum glucose levels of four-week-old Swiss albino (CF1) diabetic mice was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bauhinia variegata; Plant insulin; Chloroplast; Medicinal plant. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001100007 |
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| Silva,L.B.; Santos,S.S.S.; Azevedo,C.R.; Cruz,M.A.L.; Venâncio,T.M.; Cavalcante,C.P.; Uchôa,A.F.; Astolfi Filho,S.; Oliveira,A.E.A.; Fernandes,K.V.S.; Xavier-Filho,J.. |
| We report the detection of insulin-like antigens in a large range of species utilizing a modified ELISA plate assay and Western blotting. We tested the leaves or aerial parts of species of Rhodophyta (red alga), Bryophyta (mosses), Psilophyta (whisk ferns), Lycopodophyta (club mosses), Sphenopsida (horsetails), gymnosperms, and angiosperms, including monocots and dicots. We also studied species of fungi and a cyanobacterium, Spirulina maxima. The wide distribution of insulin-like antigens, which in some cases present the same electrophoretic mobility as bovine insulin, together with results recently published by us on the amino acid sequence of an insulin isolated from the seed coat of jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) and from the developing fruits of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insulin; Insulin-like; Antigens; Evolution; Plants; Cyanobacteria; Algae; Fungi. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000300004 |
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