Oligomeric and Polymeric Plant Polyphenol

Salix daphnoides: A Screening for Oligomeric and Polymeric Proanthocyanidins.

In the present study, a qualitative analysis of proanthocyanidins (PAs) from an aqueous-methanolic extract of Salix daphnoides VILL. bark is described. Procyanidin B1 (1), B2 (2), B3 (3), B4 (4), C1 (5), epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-catechin (6) and epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-catechin (7) have been isolated by a combination of different chromatographic sep...

Oligomeric and polymeric aggregates formed by proteins containing expanded polyglutamine.

Neurological diseases resulting from proteins containing expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) are characteristically associated with insoluble neuronal inclusions, usually intranuclear, and neuronal death. We describe here oligomeric and polymeric aggregates formed in cells by expanded polyQ. These aggregates are not dissociated by concentrated formic acid, an extremely effective solvent for otherwis...

Plant polyphenol antioxidants and oxidative stress pdf

Plant Polyphenol Oxidases: Isolation and Characterization

Polyphenol oxidases are found both in prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, in mammals, invertebrates and plants. Most plants have multiple forms of PPO. The more recent articles regarding the polyphenol oxidases from different plants are reviewed. The main characteristics considered were the sources, structure and properties of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) as well as the inhibitors of this en...

Monomeric, Oligomeric and Polymeric Proteins in Huntington Disease and Other Diseases of Polyglutamine Expansion

Huntington disease and other diseases of polyglutamine expansion are each caused by a different protein bearing an excessively long polyglutamine sequence and are associated with neuronal death. Although these diseases affect largely different brain regions, they all share a number of characteristics, and, therefore, are likely to possess a common mechanism. In all of the diseases, the causativ...