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Natural plant enzyme inhibitors. Protease inhibitors in millets
Author(s) -
Chandrasekher Gudiseva,
Raju D. Suryaprasad,
Pattabiraman Thillaisthanam N.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740330509
Subject(s) - setaria , sorghum , eleusine , panicum miliaceum , pennisetum , biology , foxtail , paspalum , protease , pearl , agronomy , botany , enzyme , finger millet , biochemistry , philosophy , theology
Protease inhibitory activities were screened in 12 varieties of pearl millet ( Pennisetum typhoideum ), 12 varieties of echinocloa ( Echinocloa colona ), 12 varieties of setaria ( Setaria italica ), 11 varieties of kodo ( Paspalum scorbiculatum ), 13 varieties of proso ( Panicium miliaceum ), 11 varieties of miliare ( Panicium miliare ), 29 varieties of sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) and four varieties of ragi ( Eleusine coracana ). Proso, miliare and kodo had no detectable inhibitory activity. Pearl millet, setaria and echinocloa millets displayed only antitryptic activity. Ragi had both antitryptic and antichymotryptic activity. Two varieties of sorghum had neither antitryptic nor antichymotryptic activity. In most other strains of sorghum, the antichymotryptic activity was more than the antitryptic activity. Pearl millet, setaria, sorghum and echinocloa extracts inhibited the proteolytic activity of both human and bovine pancreatic preparations.