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Biomedical Applications of Silkworm Pupae Proteins

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Silkworm is a biologically important and unique insect which engineer a structure called cocoon. Apart from extraction of silk fiber from cocoons, this complex fibrous protein membranous shell ensures the successful metamorphosis of the silkworm larvae to pupae and finally to silk moth. The pupae of mulberry and non-mulberry silkworms have been in consideration as new available source of high quality protein that contains all the essential amino acids required for human health. In recent years, research has been focused on various biomedical applications of silkworm pupae proteins. Pupae proteins are efficiently worked in wound dressings, hepatoprotective and antiapoptotic activity, antigenotoxicity, regulation of blood glucose and lipids, anticancer agent, etc. Therefore, silkworm pupae could be utilized as food supplement and its enormous proteins open the new dimension for biomedical science.

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  1. Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, 495009, Bilaspur, India

    Dhiraj Kumar

  2. Department of Applied Animal Sciences, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, 226025, Lucknow, India

    Param Dev & R. Venkatesh Kumar

  3. Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Biology and Basic Medical Science, Soochow University, 215123, Suzhou, China

    Dhiraj Kumar

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Kumar, D., Dev, P., Kumar, R.V. (2015). Biomedical Applications of Silkworm Pupae Proteins. In: Kumar, D., R. Kundapur, R. (eds) Biomedical Applications of Natural Proteins. SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2491-4_3

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