Anticancer Effects of Medical Malaysian Leech Saliva Extract (LSE)
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Characterization and optimization of lyophilization and storage conditions of Leech saliva extract from the tropical leech Hirudinaria manillensis.
The medicinal Malaysian leeches have been used in traditional medicine to treat many different ailments. In this study, leech saliva extract (LSE) was collected from the medicinal Malaysian leech Hirudinaria manillensis. Gel electrophoresis of LSE was carried out to estimate the peptide and protein molecular weights of its content. Results showed that LSE contains more than 60 peptides and prot...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2153-2435
DOI: 10.4172/2153-2435.s15-001