Publications by authors named "Marri Swathi"
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- Proteinase/Protease inhibitors (PIs) from plants, like the Bowman-Birk Inhibitor (BBI) isolated from a hybrid peanut variety, serve as important defenses against insect pests and pathogens.* -
- The purified BBI exhibited specific characteristics such as low molecular mass, a stable structure, and the ability to inhibit trypsin while affecting the expression of other midgut proteases in certain insects.* -
- Feeding experiments demonstrated that BBI significantly reduced larval growth and protease activity in insects, indicating its potential as a natural insecticide in enhancing plant resistance.*
Proteinase inhibitors (PIs) are natural defense proteins of plants found to be active against gut proteases of various insects. A pigeonpea wild relative Cajanus platycarpus was identified as a source of resistance against Helicoverpa armigera, a most devastating pest of several crops including pigeonpea. In the light of earlier studies, trypsin-specific PIs (CpPI 63) were purified from mature dry seeds of C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProteinase inhibitors (C11PI) from mature dry seeds of Cajanus cajan (cv. ICP 7118) were purified by chromatography which resulted in 87-fold purification and 7.9% yield.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthnopharmacological Relevance: Stem bark gum resin extract of Boswellia serrata is traditionally used in India for its hemostatic, antiinflammatory and cardiovascular health effects and it is named as Śallakī in Ayurvedic medicine.
Aim Of The Study: This study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidative and antithrombotic properties of stem bark gum resin extracts of Boswellia serrata (BS).
Materials And Methods: The inhibitory activity of the BSWE and BSAE on FeCl(3) induced lipid peroxidation (in vitro) in rat liver and heart homogenates was measured spectrophotometrically.