Quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransf erase was purified WI-fold from the endosperm of etiolated seedlings of Ricinus communis L. Sodium dodecyl sulfate disc gel electrophoresis indicated that the enzyme was homogeneous but on analytical disc gel electrophoresis at pH 7.0 and 8.3 the isolated native protein exhibited three closely migrating bands. The three proteins were of the same molecular we...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of sowing date on morphology, yield parameters, as well as oil percentage and fatty acids composition of castor bean. the experiment was carried out at research farm of tarbiatmodaresuniversity, in randomized complete blocks design with three replications during 2010. plants were grown at six sowing dates of 5th april, 20th april, 5th may, 20th ma...

A plant cysteine endopeptidase with a molecular mass of 35 kD was purified from microbodies of germinating castor bean (Ricinus communis) endosperm by virtue of its capacity to specifically process the glyoxysomal malate dehydrogenase precursor protein to the mature subunit in vitro. Processing of the glyoxysomal malate dehydrogenase precursor occurs sequentially in three steps, the first inter...

The increased concern for environmental and health hazards have called for a reduction in the use of synthetic nematicides for nematode control. Experiments were, therefore, conducted to ascertain the nematicidal potential of castor bean’s crude extract and its five lower concentrations with water as control. In the in vitro studies, crude castor bean aqueous extract and 10, 20, 30 and 40% diff...