The name translates to the very quick one and comes from the hawaiian word for fast that has also been. Antiproliferative effect of canavalia brasiliensis lectin. Lectin from canavalia brasiliensis seeds conbr is a valuable biotechnological tool to stimulate the growth of rhizobium tropici in vitro. Canavalia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family and comprises approximately 48 to 50 species of tropical vines. Antiproliferative effect of canavalia brasiliensis lectin on b16f10 cells. Jack bean canavalia ensiformis, cowpea vigna unguiculata and sorghum sorghum bicolor grains are alternative. The plant list does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa. The residues that compose this hydrophobic pocket are highly conserved in other conalike lectins from phaseoleae tribe, such as, lectins from canavalia brasiliensis seeds conbr, canavalia maritima seeds conm and dioclea grandiflora seeds dgl. Pdf tobacco plants were transformed with gene constructs encoding prepro conbr canavalia brasiliensis lectin. This page was generated automatically upon download from the eth zurich research collection. Lectin from canavalia brasiliensis seeds conbr is a.
Read antidepressantlike effect of canavalia brasiliensis conbr lectin in mice. List of various diseases cured by canavalia maritima. It was revealed that both cona and conbr were markedly cytotoxic to cells using mtt and nac assays. Bird or clearly winddispersed life cycle conbr protects hippocampal slices against glutamate neurotoxicity in a manner dependent of pi3kakt pathway amanda v. Canatoxin, concanavalin a and canavalincrossreactive. A mplification reactions con taining genomic dna from canavalia brasiliensis as template were includ ed as a positive control lane 1 whe reas a dn a sample f rom non transformed tob acco lane. Canavalia ensiformis synonyms, canavalia ensiformis pronunciation, canavalia ensiformis translation, english dictionary definition of canavalia ensiformis. Pdf expression of the canavalia brasiliensis lectin. Paw edema was induced by subcutaneous injection of lectins 0. Crystal structure of a lectin from canavalia brasiliensis seed. Jack bean canavalia ensiformis canavalia eurycarpa. How canavalia maritima is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. The antiproliferative activity of lectins canavalia ensiformis cona and canavalia brasiliensis conbr were studied using human leukemia molt4 and hl60 cell lines.
Leaflets elliptic, oblongelliptic to subcircular, 2. Noteworthy, all these effects occurred in a dependence of its. Antiproliferative effects of lectins from canavalia. Media in category canavalia the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Plants profile for canavalia brasiliensis brazilian jackbean. We report the crystal structure of a lectin isolated from canavalia gladiata. Pdf expression of the canavalia brasiliensis lectin conbr in. Canavalia herbs or woody vines of mainly american tropics and subtropics genus canavalia rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants. Micropropagation of the wild legume canavalia rosea sw.
Canavalia a genus of perennial prostrate trailing, climbing, or, sometimes, woody plants of the family leguminosae. Antiproliferative effects of lectins from canavalia ensiformis and canavalia brasiliensis in human leukemia cell lines. Canavalia ensiformis definition of canavalia ensiformis. Pdf lectin from canavalia brasiliensis seeds conbr is. The fruit, or bean, is 640 mm long, hard, swordlike, with 415 large seeds. Establishment of a heterologous system for the expression of canavalia brasiliensis lectin.
Perennial climber or trailer, up to several m long. Names of canavalia maritima in various languages of the world are also given. Canavalia synonyms, canavalia pronunciation, canavalia translation, english dictionary definition of canavalia. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 29599.
Shade tolerant or known to form dense stands and b. Canavalia article about canavalia by the free dictionary. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. This page was last edited on december 2019, at 02. Different aspects of this introduction were studied in order to check the sustainability of the proposed technology. Anthers and 8 other explant types of this species tender pods, cotyledons of ripened beans, cotyledons of germinated dry seeds, hypocotyls, young shoot buds, nodes, internodes, and roots were. Please click on any button to follow a link to that database. Members of the genus are commonly known as jackbeans. Sword bean canavalia gladiata belongs with jack bean canavalia ensiformis to the canavalia genus, a neglected group of legumes that has however many valuable characteristics. The following databases may contain further information on this name. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in canavalia maritima. A lectin was isolated fromcanavalia brasiliensis mart. Integration of canavalia brasiliensis into the croplivestock.
Protein quality and nutritional implications of dietary lectin canavalia brasiliensis seeds. Canavalia definition of canavalia by the free dictionary. Structure of a lectin from canavalia gladiata seeds. Where to buy not commercially available very cold sensitive attribution description based on herbarium specimens held at ak and observations of cultivated material and plants seen in the wild on raoul, norfolk and rarotonga. Wed like to understand how you use our websites in order to improve them. Pdf structure of a lectin from canavalia gladiata seeds. Canavalia maritima herb uses, benefits, cures, side. The wild legume canavalia rosea known in india as c. This study aims to evaluate the effect of lectin extracted from the seeds of canavalia brasiliensis conbr on murine melanoma b16f10 cells by analyzing cell viability. The species of canavalia endemic to the hawaiian islands were named.
These residues were also found to be highly conserved in various lectins from phaseoleae, glycineae and sophoreae tribes from fabales order. To study the interactions between a rhizobium tropici strain and lectins isolated from the seeds of canavalia ensiformis cona and canavalia brasiliensis conbr, a lectin fluorescence assay was performed. Canavalia brasiliensis lectin was isolated from the seeds of a. This study investigated and compared vascular actions of leguminous lectins obtained from the canavalia genus canavalia brasiliensis, canavalia gladiata, and canavalia maritima in the rat models of paw edema and isolated aorta. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Canavalia ensiformis annual semierect bushy plant of tropical south america bearing long pods. We have previously shown that conbr, a lectin purified from canavalia brasiliensis seeds, produced antidepressant. A tropical perennial legume, it is mainly cultivated as an annual ekanayake et al.
The data obtained by sodium dodecyl sulphatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunological. Jack bean canavalia ensiformis is a perennial, summer cover crop that can be used for food, forage, green manure, and wildlife keywords plant guide, jack bean, canavalia ensiformis, plant guide, cover crop, forage, legume, nitrogen fixation, nrcs, plant materials program, plant data center. You will be redirected to the full text document in the repository in a few seconds, if not click here. Pdf establishment of a heterologous system for the. This is a latinized form of kanavali a malabar vernacular and the name for this genus of climbing herbs. In addition, an experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of the two lectins on bacterial growth. Antidepressantlike effect of canavalia brasiliensis. Vasodilator effects of diocleinae lectins from the. Pdf tobacco plants were transformed with gene constructs encoding preproconbr canavalia brasiliensis lectin. Protein fractions obtained from seeds of the jack bean canavalia ensiformis as well as the amino.
Evidence for the involvement of the glutamatergic system, pharmacology biochemistry and behavior on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. The distribution of three crossreactive materials crms, a toxic protein analogous to canatoxin, cntxcrm, a lectin analogous to concanavalin a, con acrm, and a major storage protein, canavalincrm, was investigated during successive stages of maturation of canavalia brasiliensis mart. The crystal structure of canavalia brasiliensis lectin suggests. Protein quality and nutritional implications of dietary lectin oliveira, jose t a. Lectins are proteins, which recognize and bind carbohydrate complexes. Canavalia fendleri piper canavalia leptophylla piper canavalia mexicana piper canavalia panamensis piper canavalia paraguayensis piper canavalia prolifica piper ex ricker. After examination of the maps and manual model building, the last.
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