Disease relevance of Prosopis

• Included in the review are slaframine; hydroxylated indolizidines and their analogues; alkaloids from ants and amphibians; metabolites of the genera Prosopis, Streptomyces and Nuphar and the Lythraceae; phenanthroindolizidines and related alkaloids; lupin alkaloids; and alkaloids from sponges. tunicates and coccinellid beetles [1].
• The induction and improvement of in vitro rhizogenesis of microshoots of Prosopis chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz and Nothofagus alpina (Poep. et Endl. Oerst.) were compared using Agrobacterium rhizogenes (Ar) versus indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) in the culture media [2].

High impact information on Prosopis

• The alkaloid juliflorine (1) from Prosopis juliflora inhibited acetylcholinesterase (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE, EC 3.1.1.8) enzymes in a concentration-dependent fashion with IC50 values 0.42 and 0.12 microM, respectively [3].
• In this study we apply new extensions of classical growth analysis to assess the interactive effects of elevated CO2 and differences in water availability on the leaf-nitrogen and transpiration productivities of velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina Woot.) seedlings [4].
• Antibacterial activity of juliflorine isolated from Prosopis juliflora [5].
• The aim of this work was to evaluate the germination of Prosopis strombulifera seeds under increasing salinity by using the most abundant salts in central Argentina in monosaline or bisaline iso-osmotic solutions, or in solutions of mannitol and polyethylene glycol [6].
• Changes in the concentration of trigonelline in a semi-arid leguminous plant (Prosopis laevigata) induced by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus during the presymbiotic phase [7].

Biological context of Prosopis

• Overlapping binding sites for trypsin and papain on a Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor from Prosopis juliflora [8].

Associations of Prosopis with chemical compounds

• The allergen-coated discs, i.e. Centre for Biochemical Technology (CBT) discs, demonstrated excellent comparison with plate-binding method and Pharmacia discs [Prosopis juliflora (mesquite), critical value 0.879 at 5% probability+/-0.599, n=11, is significant] [9].
• Application of the methodology resulted in the improved synthesis of the natural flavan-3-ol dimer, mesquitol-[5-->8]-catechin, previously isolated from Prosopis glandulosa [10].
• All guars and the highly substituted gum of Prosopis juliflora were found to have a blockwise distribution of galactose [11].
• Prosopis gum (PG) extracted from Prosopis africana was investigated for bioadhesive delivery of theophylline (TPL) [12].
• Isolation of allergenically active glycoprotein from Prosopis juliflora pollen [13].

Gene context of Prosopis

• Prosopis juliflora pollen allergen-induced changes in the hypothalamic electroencephalographic and acetylcholinesterase activity in the rat [14].
• In contrast, chloramphenicol, an inhibitor of protein synthesis in chloroplast has no effect on the light activation of SPS in Prosopis [15].
• Aiming to find novel molecules that could impede the digestion process of different pests, a screening of alpha-amylase and trypsin-like proteinase inhibitors was carried out in Prosopis juliflora, showing the presence of both in dry seeds [16].

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