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Biochemistry

  1. The root major proteins of sweet potato trypsin inhibitors (SPTIs) or named sporamin, estimated for 60 to 80% water-soluble proteins, exhibited many biological activities. The human low-density lipoprotein (LD...

    Authors: Yeh-Lin Lu, Chia-Jung Lee, Shyr-Yi Lin and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2020 61:26
  2. Lipids and starch are important feedstocks for bioenergy production. Genetic studies on the biosyntheses of lipids and starch in green microalgae have drawn significant attention recently. In these studies, qu...

    Authors: Tze Ching Yong, Chia-Sheng Chiu and Ching-Nen Nathan Chen
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2019 60:25
  3. There were few report concerning anti-glycation and antioxidant activities of the minor amounts of components in curcuminoids, demethylcurcumin and tetrahydroxycurcumin, in vitro and in vivo.

    Authors: Yuh-Hwa Liu, Tai-Lin Lee, Chuan-Hsiao Han, Yi-Shan Lee and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2019 60:9

    The Correction to this article has been published in Botanical Studies 2020 61:7

  4. Cancer cell metastasis involving multi-step procedures and cytophysiological property changes may make difficult in the clinical management and death rate increasing.

    Authors: Jeng-Shyan Deng, Jui-Shu Chang, Jung-Chun Liao, Wei Chao, Ming-Ming Lee, Chien-Hua Cheng and Guan-Jhong Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2018 59:3
  5. Non-expressor of pathogenesis-related genes 1 (NPR1) regulates expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes by interacting with TGA family proteins during systemic acquired resistance (SAR). However, no TGA-like...

    Authors: Le Wang, Zhihong Guo, Yubao Zhang, Yajun Wang, Li Wang, Guo Yang, Wenmei Li, Ruoyu Wang and Zhongkui Xie
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2017 58:46
  6. This study evaluates the influences of bio fertilizers containing mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus fasciculatum, Glomus mosseae) individually or in combination with N-fixer (Azotobacter chroococcum), K solubilizer (Baci...

    Authors: Muhammad Khalid, Danial Hassani, Muhammad Bilal, Fayaz Asad and Danfeng Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2017 58:35
  7. Starch consists of two types of molecules: amylose and amylopectin. The objective of this study was increase understanding about mechanisms related to starch accumulation in hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) gr...

    Authors: Xu-guang Zheng, Jun-cang Qi, Hong-shan Hui, Li-hao Lin and Feng Wang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2017 58:30
  8. Abiotic stresses negatively affect plant growth and flower production. In plants, P5CS proteins are key enzymes that catalyzed the rate-limiting steps of proline synthesis, and proline is a well-known osmoprot...

    Authors: Le Wang, Zhihong Guo, Yubao Zhang, Yajun Wang, Guo Yang, Liu Yang, Ruoyu Wang and Zhongkui Xie
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2017 58:10
  9. The aim of this study was to examine the possible antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic effects of the aqueous extracts from three Glycine species. In HPLC analysis, the chromatograms of three Glycine ...

    Authors: Shyh-Shyun Huang, Shan-Yu Su, Jui-Shu Chang, Hung-Jen Lin, Wen-Tzu Wu, Jeng-Shyan Deng and Guan-Jhong Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2016 57:38
  10. Fruits of wild species of the genus Physalis are consumed as food and calyces and leaves are used in traditional medicine. The phenolic composition of the species of this genus have been scarcely studied. To con...

    Authors: José Roberto Medina-Medrano, Norma Almaraz-Abarca, M. Socorro González-Elizondo, José Natividad Uribe-Soto, Laura Silvia González-Valdez and Yolanda Herrera-Arrieta
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2015 56:24
  11. Large amounts of Ganoderma lucidum (GL) commercial products are provided in the worldwide market such as powders, tea bags, or capsules as dietary supplements which contained triterpenoids and/or polysaccharides....

    Authors: Yuh-Hwa Liu, Yin-Shiou Lin, Kuan-Ling Lin, Yeh-Lin Lu, Chao-Hsiang Chen, Mei-Yin Chien, Huey-Fang Shang, Shyr-Yi Lin and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2015 56:17
  12. Gentiana rigescens, an important medicinal plant in China, has been widely cultivated in Yunnan province, China. Previous studies were focused on analysis and determination of the metabolites isolated from this s...

    Authors: Yu Pan, Ji Zhang, Yan-Li Zhao, Yuan-Zhong Wang and Heng-Yu Huang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2015 56:14
  13. Graptopetalum paraguayense E. Walther is a popular traditional Chinese herb and possesses several health benefits. In earlier studies, we demonstrated that G. paraguayense showed no genotoxicity and showed severa...

    Authors: Hsin-Yi Liu, Hsin-Yi Peng, Shih-Lan Hsu, Ting-Ting Jong and Su-Tze Chou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2015 56:8
  14. The metabolic syndrome (MS) is termed a cluster of multiple metabolic risk criteria which is positively correlated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Yam dioscorins have been report...

    Authors: Shen-Liang Shih, Yin-Shiou Lin, Shyr-Yi Lin and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2015 56:4
  15. Several wild bitter melon (WBM; Momordica charantia Linn. var. abbreviata Ser.) cultivars were developed in Taiwan. However, little information is available regarding biological function of WBM leaf. Therefore, t...

    Authors: Tsung-Hsien Tsai, Ching-Jang Huang, Wen-Huey Wu, Wen-Cheng Huang, Jong-Ho Chyuan and Po-Jung Tsai
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:78
  16. Artemisia saharae Pomel is a new taxon of Artemisia herba-alba Asso (Asteraceae) which is endemic to Tunisia and Algeria. This shrub, commonly known as white wormwood or desert wormwood, is largely used in folk m...

    Authors: Sami Zouari, Imen Ayadi, Nahed Fakhfakh, Hamida Jdir, Latifa Aloui, Mohamed Kossentini, Ahmed Rebai and Nacim Zouari
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:76
  17. Although many studies suggested that aluminum (Al) induced programmed cell death (PCD) in plants, the mechanism of Al-induced PCD and its effects in Al tolerance is limited. This study was to investigate the m...

    Authors: Wen-Jing Huang, Thet Lwin Oo, Hu-Yi He, Ai-Qin Wang, Jie Zhan, Chuang-Zhen Li, Shan-Qing Wei and Long-Fei He
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:67
  18. Lead (Pb) heavy metal pollution in water bodies is one of the serious problems across the world. This study was designed to find out the effect of Pb toxicity on physiological and biochemical changes in Eichhorni...

    Authors: Srinivasan Malar, Sahi Shivendra Vikram, Paulo JC Favas and Venkatachalam Perumal
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:54
  19. We reported that yam dioscorin and its peptic hydrolysates exhibited ACE inhibition and antihypertensive effects on SHRs, however, the active peptides are not really isolated until now. Using ACE inhibitory sc...

    Authors: Yin-Shiou Lin, Yeh-Lin Lu, Guei-Jane Wang, Hong-Jen Liang and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:49
  20. The essential oil of Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch (100 & 200 mg/kg b.w, i.p) was evaluated against acetaminophen induced hepatic injuries in rats. For this purpose, the activities of cytochrome P450 (CYP450), glut...

    Authors: Abolfazl Dadkhah, Faezeh Fatemi, Shima Ababzadeh, Kambiz Roshanaei, Mahdi Alipour and Bahareh Sadegh Tabrizi
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:37
  21. Although the seed oil content in canola is a crucial quality determining trait, the regulatory mechanisms of its formation are not fully discovered. This study compared the silique and seed physiological chara...

    Authors: Shuijin Hua, Zhong-Hua Chen, Yaofeng Zhang, Huasheng Yu, Baogang Lin and Dongqing Zhang
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:34
  22. In the study, Folium Sennae (FS) was firstly extracted by various solvents to obtain five FS extracts. Then, five FS extracts were evaluated for the protective effects against •OH-induced DNA damage, antioxidant ...

    Authors: Jian Lin, Xican Li, Lu Han, Fei Li, Wenbiao Lu, Ye Bai and Dongfeng Chen
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2014 55:16
  23. We found that the edible green seaweed Enteromorpha linza displayed potent antimicrobial activity against Prevotella intermedia and Porphyromonas gingivalis. To elucidate the active component of E. linza, isolati...

    Authors: Nam-Hee Park, Jae-Suk Choi, Seon-Yeong Hwang, Yang-Chun Kim, Yong-Ki Hong, Kwang Keun Cho and In Soon Choi
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2013 54:39
  24. Saikosaponin-d (SSd) is an important active component of Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd., a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Thus far, the biosynthetic pathway and biosynthetic site of saikosaponins in Buple...

    Authors: Xueyan Zhao, Li Zheng, Jingjing Si, Yan Miao, Yong Peng and Xia Cai
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2013 54:32
  25. Phospholipids represent the highly conserved structural basis of biological membranes from bacteria to humans. However, plants and other photoautotrophic organisms are unique in using non-phosphorus galactolip...

    Authors: Yuki Nakamura
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2013 54:29
  26. Essential oils extracted from aromatic plants exhibit important biological activities and have become increasingly important for scientific research. The essential oil extracted from Cinnamomum cassia Presl (CC-E...

    Authors: Chen-Tien Chang, Wen-Lun Chang, Jaw-Cherng Hsu, Ying Shih and Su-Tze Chou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2013 54:10
  27. Metallothionein (MT) is a group of proteins with low molecular masses and high cysteine contents, and it is classified into different types, which generally contains two domains with typical amino acid sequences.

    Authors: Guan-Jhong Huang, Jeng-Shyan Deng, Hsien-Jung Chen, Shyh-Shyun Huang, Chun-Ching Shih and Yaw-Huei Lin
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2013 54:7
  28. Advanced glycation end products (AGE) are substances that can induce insulin resistance in adipocyte, hepatocyte and muscle cells. This resistance correlates highly with cardiovascular disease and diabetic com...

    Authors: Yuh-Hwa Liu, Yeh-Lin Lu, Chuan-Hsiao Han and Wen-Chi Hou
    Citation: Botanical Studies 2013 54:6

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