calamus insignis/protease

Chronic wounds are a major health problem that cause millions of dollars in expenses every year. Among all the treatments used, active wound treatments such as enzymatic treatments represent a cheaper and specific option with a fast growth category in the market. In particular, bacterial and plant

A gene designated swin1.1 has been isolated by screening a Salix viminalis genomic library with a heterologous probe, win3 from Populus. The region sequenced included the entire coding sequence for a protein with 199 amino acids plus the promoter and terminator. At the 5' end of the coding region is

Necrotising arachnidism, or skin ulceration due to spider bite, is an unresolved clinical problem in Australia, with both the spiders responsible and disease pathogenesis remaining unclear. We have examined and compared enzymic activity from three species of Australian spiders capable of causing

Quorum sensing (QS) is a key regulator of virulence and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other medically relevant bacteria. Aqueous extracts of six plants, Conocarpus erectus, Chamaesyce hypericifolia, Callistemon viminalis, Bucida buceras, Tetrazygia bicolor, and Quercus virginiana,