東南亞超級水果木鱉果的假種皮富含番茄紅素和其他大量類胡蘿蔔素。 已經對苦瓜的假種皮進行了大量研究，但還沒有對酶活性或蛋白質組學進行研究。 在這項研究中，液氮被用來研磨假種皮，然後進行超聲波輔助提取和冷凍乾燥。 CAP 提取物通過水解棕櫚酸 4-硝基苯酯並在 37 °C 下孵育 20 分鐘期間產生 0.0478 U/ml 的 4-硝基苯酚來顯示脂解活性。 CAP 還通過水解酪蛋白並產生 2.18 U/ml 的酪氨酸而具有蛋白水解活性。 使用凝膠 LC-MS/MS 檢測可能的蛋白酶，該蛋白質被鑑定為類奇異果甜蛋白，它是一種與在丹氏奇異球菌中發現的奇異果甜蛋白相關的半胱氨酸蛋白酶。 進行初步實驗以確定 CAP 對正常人真皮成纖維細胞 (HFC) (CG1476) 遷移的影響。

The arils of the extraordinary Southeast Asian superfruit Momordica cochinchinensis are rich with lycopene and other enormous carotenoids. Numerous investigations have been done on the aril of Momordica cochinchinensis, but no research has been conducted on enzymatic activity or proteomics. In this investigation, liquid nitrogen was used to grind the aril, followed by ultrasound-assisted extraction and freeze-drying. CAP extracts revealed lipolytic activity by hydrolyzing 4-nitrophenyl palmitate and generating 0.0478 U/ml of 4-nitrophenol during a 20-minute incubation at 37 °C. CAP also contains proteolytic activity by hydrolyzing casein and generating 2.18 U/ml of tyrosine. Using gel LC-MS/MS to detect the probable protease enzyme, the protein was identified as a thaumatin-like protein, which is a cysteine protease associated with the thaumatin discovered in Thaumatococcus daniellii. A preliminary experiment was undertaken to determine the effect of CAP on the migration of normal human dermal fibroblasts (HFCs) (CG1476).

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