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Isolation of GnafC, a polysaccharide constituent of Gnaphalium affine, and synergistic effects of GnafC and ascorbate on the phenotypic expression of osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Oct 2003
Aoshima Yukihiro, Hasegawa Yoshinori, Hasegawa Sho, Nagasaka Atsushi, Kimura Tomofumi, Hashimoto Satofumi, Torii Yasuyoshi, Tsukagoshi Norihiro
Abstract excerpt
After screening extensively factors in plant extracts that increase alkaline phosphatase activity, an osteoblastic differentiation marker protein in mouse calvarial osteoblast MC3T3-E1 cells, GnafC derived from Gnaphalium affine, was found to significantly enhance the alkaline phosphatase (ALPase) activity in a synergistic manner with ascorbate. GnafC was a polysaccharaide with an approximate molecular mass of...
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