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POTENCIAL IMUNOMODULATÓRIO DA LECTINA DE INFLORESCÊNCIAS DE ALPINIA PURPURATA (ApuL) FRENTE A NEUTRÓFILOS HUMANOS
Author(s) -
Bruno Rafael Barboza,
J. S. BRITO,
R. R. AZEVEDO,
M. C. A. ROQUE-BARREIRA,
T.H. NAPOLEÃO,
C.M.L. de MELO
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anais do 5º encontro brasileiro para inovação terapêutica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.17648/ebit-2017-85735
Subject(s) - humanities , art
Plants are constituted by bioactive compounds of pharmacological interesting to traditional and recent medicine. Lectins, proteins which recognize carbohydrates, are one of these compounds. These proteins binding specifically to glycan structures and are involved in cellular signalling mechanisms, showing immunomodulatory profile and antimicrobial and antitumor potential. ApuL lectin, goal of this study, is purified from the Alpinia purpurata inflorescence, and here,

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