Desaspidin
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Desaspidin is an anthelmintic
. Desapidin may occur in natural form within some plants such as Coastal woodfern, Dryopteris arguta
. Since the 1950s the inhibition effects of desapidins upon phosphorylation
in chloroplast
s has been noted and studied.
Anthelmintic
Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are drugs that expel parasitic worms from the body, by either stunning or killing them. They may also be called vermifuges or vermicides .-Pharmaceutical classes:...
. Desapidin may occur in natural form within some plants such as Coastal woodfern, Dryopteris arguta
Dryopteris arguta
Dryopteris arguta, with the common name coastal woodfern, is a species of wood fern. It is native to the west coast of North America, where it grows in oak woodlands and shady low elevation slopes in Southern California and north.-Description:...
. Since the 1950s the inhibition effects of desapidins upon phosphorylation
Phosphorylation
Phosphorylation is the addition of a phosphate group to a protein or other organic molecule. Phosphorylation activates or deactivates many protein enzymes....
in chloroplast
Chloroplast
Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and other eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts capture light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP and reduce NADP to NADPH through a complex set of processes called photosynthesis.Chloroplasts are green...
s has been noted and studied.