crinum latifolium/protease

Crinumin, a novel glycosylated serine protease with chymotrypsin-like catalytic specificity, was purified from the medicinally important plant Crinum asiaticum. Crinumin is a 67.7 kDa protease with an extraordinary stability and activity over a wide range of pH and temperature and is functional in

Several anticoagulants, anti-platelet and thrombolytic medications are used for the treatment of thrombotic disorders. Anti-coagulants and anti-platelet agents prevent the formation of blood clots but do not dissolve existing clots, whereas thrombolytic agents are able to dissolve a clot but emboli

In the search for novel anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1) agents from natural sources, 49 MeOH extracts of Korean plants were screened for their inhibitory effects against RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (RT) and ribonuclease H (RNase H) activities of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and