Fungal Therapy
Chickpea-derived peptide has potent and durable antifungal activity
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 7th, 2003
"A peptide designated cicerarin, with an N-terminal amino acid sequence VKSTGRADDDLAVKTKYLPP dissimilar from known proteins and peptides and a molecular mass of 8 kDa, was isolated from seeds of the green chickpea Cicer arietinum cv green chickpea," reported K.T. Chu and colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
"Cicerarin was isolated with a procedure that involved ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, and gel filtration by fast protein liquid chromatography on Superdex 75," they explained. "Cicerarin...
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