Application | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
medicine | hypocholesterolaemic mechanism of bitter melon aqueous extracts via inhibition of pancreatic cholesterol esterase and reduction of cholesterol micellar solubility | Homo sapiens |
Inhibitors | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
additional information | bitter melon aqueous extracts inhibits pancreatic cholesterol esterase in vitro and reduces cholesterol micellar solubility, decrease of alpha-helix contents, increase of beta-sheet and exposure of aromatic amino acid residuals | Homo sapiens |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | P19835 | - |
- |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
pancreas | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4-nitrophenyl butyrate + H2O | - |
Homo sapiens | 4-nitrophenol + butyrate | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
CEase | - |
Homo sapiens |
cholesterol esterase | - |
Homo sapiens |
Temperature Optimum [°C] | Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
25 | - |
assay at | Homo sapiens |
pH Optimum Minimum | pH Optimum Maximum | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
7 | - |
assay at | Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | enzyme inhibition has a hypocholesterolaemic effect. Inhibition of the enzyme by bitter melon aqueous extract can play a role in decreased intestinal cholesterol absorption, and micelle formation | Homo sapiens |