Eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor (eIF)-4C was purified from wheat germ and the molecular weight was calculated to be approximately 19,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A similar molecular weight was determined by gel filtration chromatography indicating that wheat germ eIF-4C is functional as a single polypeptide chain. An efficient in vitro translation system depende...

Maintenance of genome stability by preventing DNA damage is crucially important for counteracting carcinogenesis and age-associated diseases. The levels of niacin, vitamin E, vitamin B12, folate, β-carotene, retinol, magnesium, calcium, selenium and zinc, which are key micronutrients considered to be important in the prevention of genome damage, were measured in a range of fresh and processed f...

The lectin binding characteristics of goldfish retinal explants were examined by fluorescence microscopy. Neurites grown out from cultured retinal explants were found to bind concanavalin A, wheat germ agglutinin and ricin (agglutinin). The effects of tissue fixation on lectin binding to retinal explant neurites suggest that glycolipids may constitute the predominant ricin binding sites. A redu...

Due to the rising interest in healthy products, super foods such as pomegranate have spread widely on international market recent years. Several postharvest treatments been applied order maintain quality and extend shelf life of arils. This study evaluated effect Arabic gum treatment well different edible coatings (Jojoba oil, Gelatin, Wheat Germ oil Rosemary oil) fruit parameters Wonderful dur...

Previous studies showed that murine polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) lyze tumour cells in the presence of wheat germ agglutinin or actinomycin D. This paper reports studies on whether a soluble factor participates in PMN-mediated cytolysis dependent on lectin or a chemotherapeutic drug. Tumour lysis was observed with supernatants from PMN cocultured with wheat germ agglutinin or actinomycin ...