MeSH Review:
Luffa
- Molecular cloning and characterization of isomultiflorenol synthase, a new triterpene synthase from Luffa cylindrica, involved in biosynthesis of bryonolic acid. Hayashi, H., Huang, P., Inoue, K., Hiraoka, N., Ikeshiro, Y., Yazaki, K., Tanaka, S., Kushiro, T., Shibuya, M., Ebizuka, Y. Eur. J. Biochem. (2001)
- Characterization of a translation inhibitory protein from Luffa aegyptiaca. Ramakrishnan, S., Enghlid, J.J., Bryant, H.L., Xu, F.J. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1989)
- Isolation of lilin, a novel arginine- and glutamate-rich protein with potent antifungal and mitogenic activities from lily bulbs. Wang, H., Ng, T.B. Life Sci. (2002)
- Effect of Luffa echinata on lipid peroxidation and free radical scavenging activity. Kumar, V.P., Shashidhara, S., Kumar, M.M., Sridhara, B.Y. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. (2000)
- Identification of lysine residue at or near active site of luffin-a, a ribosome-inactivating protein from seeds of Luffa cylindrica. Watanabe, K., Suemasu, Y., Funatsu, G. J. Biochem. (1989)
- Anti-allergic effect of bryonolic acid from Luffa cylindrica cell suspension cultures. Tanaka, S., Uno, C., Akimoto, M., Tabata, M., Honda, C., Kamisako, W. Planta Med. (1991)
- Anti-complement activity of oleanolic acid: an inhibitor of C3-convertase of the classical complement pathway. Kapil, A., Sharma, S. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. (1994)
- Production of an anti-allergic triterpene bryonolic acid, by plant cell cultures. Tabata, M., Tanaka, S., Cho, H.J., Uno, C., Shimakura, J., Ito, M., Kamisako, W., Honda, C. J. Nat. Prod. (1993)
- Morphosynthesis: high fidelity inorganic replica of the fibrous network of loofa sponge (Luffa cylindrica). Mazali, I.O., Alves, O.L. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. (2005)
- Chlorella sorokiniana immobilized on the biomatrix of vegetable sponge of Luffa cylindrica: a new system to remove cadmium from contaminated aqueous medium. Akhtar, N., Saeed, A., Iqbal, M. Bioresour. Technol. (2003)
- A randomized equivalence trial comparing the efficacy and safety of Luffa comp.-Heel nasal spray with cromolyn sodium spray in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis. Weiser, M., Gegenheimer, L.H., Klein, P. Forschende Komplementärmedizin. (1999)
- Antiproliferative effect and apoptotic response in vitro of human melanoma cells to liposomes containing the ribosome-inactivating protein luffin. Poma, A., Marcozzi, G., Cesare, P., Carmignani, M., Spanò, L. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1999)
- Isolation and fusion studies on protoplasts from pollen tetrads. Deka, P.C., Mehar, A.K., Pathak, N.N., Sen, S.K. Experientia (1977)
- Continuous methane fermentation and the production of vitamin B12 in a fixed-bed reactor packed with loofah. Yang, Y., Zhang, Z., Lu, J., Maekawa, T. Bioresour. Technol. (2004)
- Primary structure of 6.5k-arginine/glutamate-rich polypeptide from the seeds of sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica). Kimura, M., Park, S.S., Sakai, R., Yamasaki, N., Funatsu, G. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (1997)
- Isolation of a ribosome-inactivating and abortifacient protein from seeds of Luffa acutangula. Yeung, H.W., Li, W.W., Ng, T.B. Int. J. Pept. Protein Res. (1991)