WASHINGTON, Feb. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently growing interest in the role of peptides and animal nutrient is gaining huge importance. Chemicals, enzymatic or microbial hydrolysis of proteins ...

Cannabis is a talented plant, hiding a pharmacopeia in its flowers and foliage. Many of its compounds evolved millions of years ago to deter pests or pathogens, but humans have found a few extra uses ...

Plants, fungi, and bacteria produce natural products that function, among other things, as defenses that are deployed against predators and competitors. In medicine, these compounds are used for ...

Researchers discovered a new enzyme, closely related to the CSyGT family of enzymes involved in producing cellulose in plant cell walls. Unexpectedly, they found the new enzyme is responsible for a ...

Scientists have uncovered how cannabis evolved the ability to make its most famous compounds—THC, CBD, and CBC—by recreating ancient enzymes that existed millions of years ago. These early enzymes ...

China-based Sino Biological, a biotech company specializing in research reagents and contract research services concluded its acquisition of Vancouver-based SignalChem Biotech (SCB) in a deal valued ...

The aim of this study was to identify the bioactive compound of Citrus maxima fruit that targets the enzymes responsible for hyperglycaemia. Preliminary in vitro screening of extracts of fruit parts ...

Chemists at ETH-Zürich and ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a new method to build large libraries of bioactive molecules – which can be used directly for biological assays – by simply mixing a ...

Identifying the peptidases that inactivate bioactive peptides (e.g., peptide hormones and neuropeptides) in mammals is an important unmet challenge. This protocol describes a recent approach that uses ...