An iridoid β-glucoside, namely plumieride coumarate glucoside, was isolated from the Plumeria obtusa (white frangipani) flower. A β-glucosidase, purified to homogeneity from P. obtusa, could hydrolyze plumieride coumarate glucoside to its corresponding 13-O-coumarylplumieride. Plumeria β-glucosidase is a monomeric glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 60.6 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.90...

Digestion of starch in mammals occurs chiefly in the mouth and small intestine through the catalytic activity of ar-amylase and maltase (a-glucosidase). Extensive cw-amylolysis of amylose and amylopectin results in the formation of maltose, glucose, and a mixture of branched oligosaccharides (cr-amylase dextrins) (1). The latter compounds, whose structure is currently being investigated by seve...

In our previous work, a microbial consortium GF-20 (Qinggeer et al., 2016) was enriched from compost habitats and adapted to efficiently stably degrade corn stover under low temperatures. While the main microorganism degradation-related functions coding enzyme genes of were not clear. Therefore, current study used metagenomic decipher systematic functional contexts within such The results showe...

The plant Cardaria draba (L.) Desv. subsp. (Brassicaceae), is traditionally used for various ailments in different cultures. We investigated solvent extracts such as methanol, ethanol, and water obtained from flowers, leaves, stems, roots of C. their chemical composition, well antioxidant enzyme inhibition activities acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), ?-glucosidase, ?-am...

In the current study, we investigated 2 species of the genus Rhodiola for the inhibition of alpha-amylase,alpha-glucosidase and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity. Water extracts of Rhodiola crenulata had the highest alpha-amylase inhibitory activity (IC50,98.1 microg total phenolic /ml) followed by ethanol extract of R.crenulata (IC50, 120.9 microg total phenolic/ml) and e...

N sweetclover (Melilotus alba Desr.) the allelic pair designated B/b was I originally thought to be concerned with coumarin biosynthesis. Extracts of BB plants were reported to contain substantial amounts of both free and bound coumarin, while extracts of bb plants contained only bound coumarin (GOPLEN. GREENSHIELDS and BAENZIGER 1957; HASKINS and GORZ 1957), more recently identified as coumari...

Glucosidase II was purified approximately 1700-fold to homogeneity from Triton X-100 extracts of mung bean microsomes. A single band with a molecular mass of 110 kDa was seen on sodium dodecyl sulfate gels. This band was susceptible to digestion by endoglucosaminidase H or peptide glycosidase F, and the change in mobility of the treated protein indicated the loss of one or two oligosaccharide c...

1. Highly sensitive technique are described for the assay of plasma membrane (5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphatase), microsomal (neutral alpha-glucosidase, leucyl-2-naphthylamidase) and biliary canalicular (gamma-glutamyltransferase) enzymes and for nine acid hydrolases (acid phosphatase, phosphodiesterase, beta-glucosidase, alpha-glucosidase, alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase, alpha-man...

Pompe disease (PD), also known as “glycogen storage disease type II (OMIM # 232300)” is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive glycogen accumulation in cellular lysosomes. It ultimately leads to cellular damage. Infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD) is the most severe type of this disease and is characterized by severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and generalized hypoton...

The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of two Coronilla species (Coronilla orientalis Miller and Coronilla varia L.) obtained by hydrodistillation (HD) and solid phase microextraction (SPME) techniques were identified by GC-FID/MS. The major compounds identified in the SPME extracts were limonene (43.4%) in C. orientalis, (Z)-β-ocimene and (E...