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- Title
Effect of polysaccharides on biological activity of human lactoferrin.
- Authors
Mestechkina, N.; Bezborodova, O.; Il'ina, A.; Levov, A.; Kleimenov, S.; Nemtsova, E.; Yakubovskaya, R.; Shcherbukhin, V.; Varlamov, V.
- Abstract
The influence of neutral and ionic polysaccharides on the antioxidant (AOA) and detoxifying activities of lactoferrin (LF) and the duration of its circulation in the body was studied. In addition to natural polymers, we studied chitosan synthetic derivatives with different functional groups. On the basis of AOA test, five polysaccharides were selected. The study of the detoxifying effect of LF in two models of induced toxicity revealed polysaccharides that maintained or increased the detoxifying activity of LF. We established that the formation of a complex of lactoferrin with two galactomannans and succinyl chitosan caused positive changes in LF properties: the detoxifying activity of the protein remained unchanged or increased, whereas its elimination from the body was decelerated.
- Subjects
POLYSACCHARIDES; LACTOFERRIN; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITOSAN; FUNCTIONAL groups
- Publication
Applied Biochemistry & Microbiology, 2011, Vol 47, Issue 6, p640
- ISSN
0003-6838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0003683811060081