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A lectin with anti-HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, antitumor, and nitric oxide inducing activities from seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris cv. extralong autumn purple bean.

Evandro Fei Fang, Peng Lin, Jack Ho Wong, Sai Wah Tsao, T. B. Ng
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
2010

Lectins/hemagglutinins are a class of sugar-binding proteins which agglutinate cells and/or precipitate glycoconjugates. They occur widely in plants but manifest significant differences in… (More)

Gymnin, a potent defensin-like antifungal peptide from the Yunnan bean (Gymnocladus chinensis Baill).

Jack Ho Wong, T. B. Ng
Peptides
2003

From the seeds of the Yunnan bean, we purified an antifungal peptide using affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, FPLC-ion exchange chromatography on Mono S, and FPLC-gel filtration on… (More)

Momordica Charantia lectin, a type II ribosome inactivating protein, exhibits antitumor activity toward human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo.

Evandro Fei Fang, Chris Zhi Yi Zhang, +5 authors Wing Ping Fong
Cancer prevention research
2012

The incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains high in endemic regions, including southern China, northern Africa, and North America. One of the promising therapeutic approaches on NPC is… (More)

Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography: a review on its applications

Randy Chi Fai Cheung, Jack Ho Wong, T. B. Ng
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2012

After 35 years of development, immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) has evolved into a popular protein purification technique. This review starts with a discussion of its mechanism… (More)

Concurrent purification of two defense proteins from French bean seeds: a defensin-like antifungal peptide and a hemagglutinin.

Edwin H W Leung, Jack Ho Wong, T. B. Ng
Journal of peptide science : an official…
2008

A purification protocol is described herein for concurrent isolation of two defense proteins including a 6-kDa defensin-like antifungal peptide and a 60-kDa dimeric hemagglutinin from seeds of the… (More)

Proteins with antifungal properties and other medicinal applications from plants and mushrooms

Jack Ho Wong, T. B. Ng, +11 authors Fang ai Liu
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2010

Living organisms produce a myriad of molecules to protect themselves from fungal pathogens. This review focuses on antifungal proteins from plants and mushrooms, many of which are components of the… (More)

Cordymin, an antifungal peptide from the medicinal fungus Cordyceps militaris.

Jack Ho Wong, T. B. Ng, +4 authors Xiaoxu Lu
Phytomedicine : international journal of…
2011

Cordymin, an antifungal peptide with a molecular mass of 10,906 Da and an N-terminal amino acid sequence distinct from those of previously reported proteins, was purified from the medicinal mushroom… (More)

Review of research on Dendrobium, a prized folk medicine

T. B. Ng, Jingyi Liu, +4 authors Kalin Yanbo Zhang
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2011

Medicinal plants of the Dendrobium genus are highly prized, and hence, methodologies have been developed to authenticate Dendrobium drugs from its adulterants. Many bioactive constituents of… (More)

Isolation and characterization of a glucose/mannose-specific lectin with stimulatory effect on nitric oxide production by macrophages from the emperor banana.

Jack Ho Wong, T. B. Ng
The international journal of biochemistry & cell…
2006

Emperor banana (Musa basjoo cv. 'Emperor Banana') is a banana cultivar that has not been studied previously. In this study, a glucose/mannose-specific lectin has been purified from the emperor banana… (More)

Bauhinia variegata var. variegata trypsin inhibitor: from isolation to potential medicinal applications.

Evandro Fei Fang, Jack Ho Wong, Clara Shui Fern Bah, Peng Lin, Sai Wah Tsao, T. B. Ng
Biochemical and biophysical research…
2010

Here we report for the first time of a new Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitor (termed BvvTI) from seeds of the Camel's foot tree, Bauhinia variegata var. variegata. BvvTI shares the same reactive site… (More)

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