Abstract

QUIROGA SELAEZ, Gabriela; PARRA LIZARAZU, Carla D.; GIMENEZ TURBA, Alberto  and  FLORES QUISBERT, Esther. Comparative study of the proteolytic complex of species of the genus Ficus spp.. Rev. Bol. Quim [online]. 2018, vol.35, n.5, pp.127-133. ISSN 0250-5460.

ABSTRACT The studies carried out in recent years on the pharmacological and biotechnological activity of cysteine proteases have impelled us in exploring new natural sources of plant proteases. In the present work we have studied the cysteine proteases contained in the latex of Ficus spp. This is a plant species widely used in Bolivia and Peru for its látex, collected for the present purposes in Iquitos, Peru (P-IQ), Sud Yungas Province, Charcas II (B-SY), Los Olivos (B-SY), Hernández (B-SY) and in the Province Abel Iturralde (B-AI), Buena Vista, el Tigre, (B-AI) in northern La Paz, Bolivia. In the present paper we established the proteolytic activity of the samples with a correlation to the place of origin, the influence of the pH on the proteolytic activity as well as the proteic contents of the samples.

Keywords : Ficus spp.; Proteolytic activity; Cysteine proteases.

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