Partial Characterization of Proteolytic and Milk Clotting Enzymes in Sodom Apple Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) Plant

Calotropis Procera (Asclepiadaceae) : A Review

Calotropis procera belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae. It is a erect, soft wooded, evergreen perennial shrub. C. procera commonly known as “Akra” and “milk weed”. All the parts (root, stem, leaf and flowers) of C. procera are in common use in traditionally system of medicine. The present paper is an attempt to provide a detailed botanical description, classification, pharmacological study of ...

Articulated cork in Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae)

Comparison of cysteine proteases of four laticiferous plants and characterization of Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham. latex glycosylated cysteine peptidase

Investigations have been carried out on proteolytic activities of four laticiferous plants, viz. Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. (Ruie), Carica papaya Linn. (Papaya), Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham. (Sabar) and Ficus carica Linn. (Anjir) using Hammerstein grade casein and skimmed milk powder. Ratio of milk clotting to proteolytic activity was highest in the latex sample of C. papaya followed by F...

Studies on the production of milk-clotting enzymes, proteolytic enzymes and mucilage by fungi.

Of 48 fungal isolates, 28 (including one Penicillium and three Aspergilli) secreted milk-clotting enzymes. This activity was in general related to the mycelial growth of a given isolate, but not with pH change of the culture filtrate during incubation. It was not found when mucilage was formed by isolates capable of doing so. The ratio of general proteolytic activity to milk-clotting activity v...

Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity and Polyphenolic Content of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. Flowers

Oxidative stress has been implicated with the pathology of many diseases such as inflammatory conditions, cancer, diabetes and aging. In view of that an attempt was made to evaluate free radical scavenging activity, cytotoxic activity and polyphenolic content of methanolic extract of Calotropis procera flowers.Free radical scavenging activity was estimated using in vitro models like 1,1,-diphen...