Disease relevance of Cicer

• CONCLUSIONS: Chickpea is an important source of allergen that can cause IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions ranging from rhinitis to anaphylaxis [1].
• Germinating Cicer arietinum seeds were used to simulate embryonic tissue for evaluating toxicity of purine and pyrimidine analogues [2].
• Enzymatic evidence supports that succinate mediates repression of hexose-catabolising enzymes in fast-growing Rhizobium sp. (Cicer arietinum) [3].
• A probiotic fermented PCMT food mixture was developed by fermentation of an autoclaved and cooled slurry of pearl millet flour, chickpea flour, skim milk powder and fresh tomato pulp (PCMT 2:1:1:1, w/w) with Lactobacillus acidophilus (10(5) cells/ml), a probiotic organism at 37 degrees C for 24 h [4].
• Chitinolytic and cellulolytic Pseudomonas sp. antagonistic to fungal pathogens enhances nodulation by Mesorhizobium sp. Cicer in chickpea [5].

Psychiatry related information on Cicer

• Palatability and glucose, insulin and satiety responses of chickpea flour and extruded chickpea flour bread eaten as part of a breakfast [6].

High impact information on Cicer

• RESULTS: After single meals, plasma glucose was substantially lower 30 and 60 min after the chickpea meal than after the other 2 meals (P < 0.05), and plasma insulin and HOMA were lower at 120 min (P < 0.05 for both) [7].
• In vivo CuAO inhibition by 2-bromoethylamine after inoculation of resistant chickpea cv Sultano with Ascochyta rabiei resulted in the development of extended necrotic lesions, with extensive cell damage occurring in sclerenchyma and cortical parenchyma tissues [8].
• Urea is a product of ureidoglycolate degradation in chickpea. Purification and characterization of the ureidoglycolate urea-lyase [9].
• Cloning and sequencing of chickpea cDNA coding for threonine deaminase [10].
• Cloning of a class III acidic chitinase from chickpea [11].

Chemical compound and disease context of Cicer

• The results showed that acquisition of streptomycin resistance in Rhizobium sp. Cicer strains is associated with decreased symbiotic effectiveness in chickpea, suggesting that antibiotic-resistant mutants first should be analyzed for symbiotic effectiveness before using these mutants for ecological studies or nodulation competitiveness [12].

Biological context of Cicer

• The cDNA clone GAB-9 was selected from a cDNA gene library constructed from the mRNA of embryonic axes of chick-pea (Cicer arietinum L.) seeds imbibed for 12 h in the presence of abscisic acid [13].
• Ty1-copia retrotransposon-like elements in chickpea genome: their identification, distribution and use for diversity analysis [14].
• Crude cell wall preparations from Cicer arietinum L. cell suspension cultures show high activity for the hydrolysis of coniferyl alcohol beta-D-glucoside (coniferin) [15].
• Quantitative trait loci governing carotenoid concentration and weight in seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) [16].
• When 0.2 mM nitrate was supplied, narrow-leafed lupinreleased the most H+ per unit root biomass per day, followed by yellow lupin, white lupin, field pea and chickpea [17].

Anatomical context of Cicer

• Studies on exudate-depleted sclerotial development in Sclerotium rolfsii and the effect of oxalic acid, sclerotial exudate, and culture filtrate on phenolic acid induction in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) [18].

Associations of Cicer with chemical compounds

• Furthermore, the concentrations of glycine, phenylalanine, histidine, arginine and ornithine in the plasma of rats fed chickpea meal, its globulins or defatted soybean were significantly higher, whereas those of threonine, leucine, lysine and tryptophan were significantly lower than lactalbumin-fed controls [19].
• Experiments with various known inhibitors of ethylene action indicate that ethylene activates the expression of cac gene in the cotyledons of chickpea during normal germination [20].
• This study investigated the effect of feeding peas (Pisum sativum) and chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) processed by boiling or extrusion on growth performance, plasma cholesterol concentrations and organ weights of rats [21].
• In contrast, the expression of neither chitinase was apparently influenced by auxin, indicating a differential hormonal regulation of beta-1,3-glucanase and chitinase activities in chickpea [22].
• Ethylene regulates the expression of a cysteine proteinase gene during germination of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) [20].

Gene context of Cicer

• Purification and characterization of a 29 kDa poly(A)-binding protein from chickpea (Cicer arietinum) epicotyl [23].
• Symbiosis of Astragalus cicer with its microsymbionts: partial nodC gene sequence, host plant specificity, and root nodule structure [24].
• Numerous proteins and protein subunits can be identified in each of the legumes (16 peanut, 21 soybean, 23 lima bean, 25 pea, 22 garbanzo bean, and 11 green bean protein bands) by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and it appears that legume-allergic patients' sera may recognize multiple similar fractions from each legume [25].
• The proteins of six legumes (peanut, soybean, lima bean, pea, garbanzo bean, and green beans) were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, transferred to nitrocellulose, and probed with sera from six legume-allergic patients [25].
• Incubation of HGP-resolved electrophoretic gel strips in chickpea or winged bean proteinase inhibitor solution permitted identification of specific inhibitors of individual proteinases and revealed that the major HGPs were insensitive to chickpea inhibitors whereas winged bean inhibitors effectively inhibited all the HGPs [26].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Cicer

• A trienzyme treatment (conjugase, alpha-amylase, protease) followed by affinity chromatography and reversed-phase HPLC with UV and fluorescence detection was performed for the quantification of folate vitamers in legumes (chickpea and beans), processed meats (salami Milano and Parma ham) and in an Italian reference diet [27].
• Immobilization and characterization of beta-galactosidase from the plant gram chicken bean (Cicer arietinum). Evolution of its enzymatic actions in the hydrolysis of lactose [28].
• Relative quantification of reported gut proteinase cDNAs from Helicoverpa armigera larvae fed on various host plants (cotton, chickpea, pigeonpea, tomato and okra), non-host plant PIs (winged bean, bitter gourd, ground nut, and capsicum) and during larval development has been carried out using semi-quantitative RT-PCR [29].
• Determination of oxyfluorfen herbicide and oxyfluorfen amine residues in garbanzo beans by liquid chromatography [30].
• Five legumes including chick pea (Cicer arietinum Linn), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan Linn. Huth.), black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Linn), mung bean (Phaseolus areus Roxb) and white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Linn) were cooked and tested for blood glucose response among healthy human volunteers [31].

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