Cooking up the perfect insect: Aristotle's transformational idea about the complete metamorphosis of insects

S Reynolds - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aristotle made important contributions to the study of developmental biology, including the
complete metamorphosis of insects. One concept in particular, that of the perfect or complete …

Milk-clotting properties of plant rennets and their enzymatic, rheological, and sensory role in cheese making: A review

A Ben Amira, S Besbes, H Attia… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Plant rennets hold an important position among various coagulants used in cheese
technology. The selection of a suitable plant coagulant is important due to the increasing …

In vitro antioxidant activity of Ficus carica L. latex from 18 different cultivars

M Shahinuzzaman, Z Yaakob, FH Anuar, P Akhtar… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
As synthetic antioxidants that are widely used in foods are known to cause detrimental
health effects, studies on natural additives as potential antioxidants are becoming …

Ficin: a protease extract with relevance in biotechnology and biocatalysis

R Morellon-Sterling, H El-Siar, OL Tavano… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the problems raised by the use of animal or microbial recombinant proteases, the use
of proteases from vegetable origin is becoming increasingly popular.. Among them, sulfidryl …

Comparative analysis of the immune response and the clinical allergic reaction to papain-like cysteine proteases from fig, kiwifruit, papaya, pineapple and mites in an …

I Giangrieco, MA Ciardiello, M Tamburrini, L Tuppo… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several plant papain-like cysteine proteases are exploited by the food, cosmetic,
pharmaceutical and textile industries. However, some of these enzymes can cause allergic …

Papain-Like Cysteine Protease Gene Family in Fig (Ficus carica L.): Genome-Wide Analysis and Expression Patterns

Y Zhai, Y Cui, M Song, A Vainstein, S Chen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) are the most abundant family of cysteine
proteases in plants, with essential roles in biotic/abiotic stress responses, growth and …

[HTML][HTML] Glyoxyl-ficin: An example where a more intense multipoint covalent attachment may decrease enzyme stability.

EH Siar, R Morellon-Sterling, D Carballares… - Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The immobilization of ficin extract (sulfidryl proteases) on glyoxyl agarose beads stabilized it,
but there is a clear stability maximum after 3 h of immobilization, being the 24 h biocatalyst …

[HTML][HTML] Potential applications of ficin in the production of traditional cheeses and protein hydrolysates

M Aider - JDS communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Using proteolytic enzymes extracted from plant materials is a promising way to ensure the
sustainability of the food industry. This is particularly true for the dairy industry, especially in …

An evaluation of the clotting properties of three plant rennets in the milks of different animal species

K Liburdi, C Boselli, G Giangolini, S Amatiste, M Esti - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cynara cardunculus, Carica papaya and Ficus carica extracts are proposed as milk
coagulants herein. Their coagulation efficiency was measured in bovine, buffalo, goat and …

[HTML][HTML] Switch off/switch on of a cysteinyl protease as a way to preserve the active catalytic group by modification with a reversible covalent thiol modifier …

R Morellon-Sterling, JM Bolivar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The immobilization of ficin (a cysteinyl proteases) on vinyl sulfone agarose produced its
almost full inactivation. It was observed that the incubation of the free and immobilized …