Tuber lectins with potentially exploitable bioactivities.

Tuber lectins with potentially exploitable bioactivities.
Curr Med Chem. 2018 May 16;:
Authors: Cheung RCF, Ng TB, Wong JH, Naude R, Rolka K, Tse TF, Chan H, Tse R, Sze SCW
Abstract
Lectins are a group of proteins or glycoproteins with various potentially exploitable bioactivities and have been capturing more interest recently. They have been isolated and reported from various tissues of a diversity of plant species. Tubers are modified and enlarged plant structures derived from stems or roots that are used for nutrient storage and asexual reproduction. A number of plants such as yam, taro and potato are grown for their edible tubers, and lectins are found to be one of the major storage proteins. These lectins exhibit potent bioactivities encompassing mitogenic, antitumor, antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, antioxidative, hypoglycemic, insecticidal and nematicidal activities. They are potential resources for development into functional or healthy foods and targets for food protein researchers.
PMID: 29768998 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Medicinal Chemistry - May 16, 2018 Category: Chemistry Authors: Cheung RCF, Ng TB, Wong JH, Naude R, Rolka K, Tse TF, Chan H, Tse R, Sze SCW Tags: Curr Med Chem Source Type: research