Identification and characterization of roseltide, a knottin-type neutrophil elastase inhibitor derived from hibiscus sabdariffa

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Nguyen, Giang Kien Truc, Tam, James Pingkwan, Loo, Shining, Kam, Antony, Xiao, Tianshu, Liu, Chuan Fa
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Neutrophil; Leukocyte Elastase Inhibitor; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85406; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46681

Plant knottins are of therapeutic interest due to their high metabolic stability and inhibitory activity against proteinases involved in human diseases. The only knottin-type proteinase inhibitor against porcine pancreatic elastase was first identified from the squash family in 1989. Here, we report...