Arum species grow in temperate and Mediterranean climates have been used for hundreds of years food medicinal purposes, although they are highly toxic if not cooked using proper techniques. Glutathione reductase (GR) is a member the pyridine nucleotide disulfide oxidoreductase family flavoenzymes that catalyzes reduction glutathione (GSSG) to reduced GSH NADPH or NADH. In this study, GR enzyme ...

The subcellular location of two enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway for protoporphyrin IX, coproporphyrinogen (coprogen) oxidase (EC 1.3.3.3) and protoporphyrinogen (protogen) oxidase (EC 1.3.3.4) has been investigated in etiolated pea (Pisum sativum) leaves and spadices of cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum). Plant tissue homogenized in isotonic buffer was subjected to subcellular fractionation to pr...

Plasmodium vivax is indisputably the most widely distributed cause of human malaria, and the prevailing species outside of Sub-Saharan Africa [1], putting over one-third (2.5 billion people) of the globe's population [2] at risk every year, and causing an estimated 80–300 million annual clinical episodes [3]. Plasmodium vivax is heterogeneously scattered in the different continents, with over 8...