Purification and characterization of an antioxidant peptide (GSQ) from Chinese leek (Allium tuberosum Rottler) seeds

A peptide with antioxidant activity was purified from Chinese leek seeds by successive chromatographic methods. The sequence was determined as Gly-Ser-Gln (290.10 Da) by LC-MS/MS. This purified peptide, discovered for the first time from Chinese leek seeds and designated as CLP-2, could efficiently...

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Main Authors: Jing Hong, Tao-Tao Chen, Pei Hu, Jie Yang, Shao-Yun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464614001856