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The biological effects of the peptide and protein fractions of human brain extract are examined using anEscherichia coli culture as a simple and adequate test system. Both fractions bind superoxide radical and N-ethylmaleimide, the protein fraction being more active than the peptide fraction. In addition, the protein fraction inhibits the growth of the bacteria.
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Translated fromByulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 123, No. 4, pp. 411–413, April, 1997
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Nikolaev, Y.A., Erin, A.N. & Sukhikh, G.T. Protective and inhibitory effects of brain extracts on the growth of bacteria. Bull Exp Biol Med 123, 355–356 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766185
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766185