This paper reports the presence of a Kunitztype protease inhibitor (HGPI) gene in Dolichos biflorus for the first time. A full-length protease inhibitor gene with complete open reading frame of 669 bp encoding 222 amino acids was cloned from D. biflorus using a PCRbased method. BlastN search showed that the HGPI gene shared 100% homology with Cicer arietinum trypsin inhibitor mRNA and 97% with ...

Mounting levels of insecticide resistance within Australian Helicoverpa spp. populations have resulted in the adoption of non-chemical IPM control practices such as trap cropping with chickpea, Cicer arietinum (L.). However, a new leaf blight disease affecting chickpea in Australia has the potential to limit its use as a trap crop. Therefore this paper evaluates the potential of a variety of wi...

Inflammation is the natural body defense mechanism for the removal of injurious agents, necrosed cells and tissues from the body. This study was aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and platelet aggregation effects of three medicinal plants of Pakistan. Methanolic extract of garden pea inhibited arachidonic acid (AA)-induced platelet aggregation (IC50 = 35 microg/mL) and platelet activating ...

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most popular vegetables in many regions of the world. Pulses are important sources of protein for vegetarian population. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) commonly known as gram is an important pulse crop. In Tunisia, the cultivated area and production have significant instability and decrease, the chickpea crop was affected by biotic and abiotic constrai...

Cell suspension cultures of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) were used to prepare protoplasts and vacuoles. The vacuolar preparation revealed only slight contaminations of cytoplasmic marker enzymes. HPLC analysis of the vacuolar extract showed that the malonylglucosides of isoflavones, isoflavanones and pterocarpans are exclusively located in the vacuole. Experi­ ments designed to determine the s...

Crude protein extracts from the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L .) pathogenic fungus Ascochyta rabiei catalyze the N A D PH dependent conversion of the pterocarpan phytoalexins medicarpin and maackiain to 1) 2'-hydroxyisoflavans, 2) 1 a-hydroxypterocarp-l,4-diene-3-one, and 3) 10,2'dihydroxyisoflav-8-ene-7-one derivatives. A pterocarpan: N A D PH oxidoreductase which cleaves the benzylphenyl ether ...

This study aims to determine nutritional as well as medicinal properties of Moringa oleifera (Drumstick) and Cicer arietinum (Chick pea) leaves. The possible health benefits of these underutilized leafy vegetables were explored by determining total phenolic content by Folin-Ciocalteau reagent, free radical-scavenging activity by 2, 2diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and phytochemicals extracted with ac...

The embryonic axis plays an essential role in the mobilization of the main reserves of the cotyledons of seeds of Cicer arietinum L. cv Castellana. This control by the axis of the metabolism of the storage products of the cotyledons largely takes place through the cytokinins, which are transported from the embryonic axis to the cotyledons where the mobilization of reserves begins. The principal...