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Loofa sponge as a scaffold for culture of rat hepatocytes.

Two new cucurbitacin glucosides, opercurins A and B, from the Brazilian folk medicine Buchinha (Luffa operculata).

Continuous methane fermentation and the production of vitamin B12 in a fixed-bed reactor packed with loofah.

Friction melanosis: a clinical, histologic, and ultrastructural study in Jordanian patients.

[Purification and partial characterization of luffin P1, a peptide with translational inhibitory activity and trypsin inhibitory activity, from seeds of Luffa cylindrica].

Purification and characterization of Luffin P1, a ribosome-inactivating peptide from the seeds of Luffa cylindrica.

Chlorella sorokiniana immobilized on the biomatrix of vegetable sponge of Luffa cylindrica: a new system to remove cadmium from contaminated aqueous medium.

A novel circulating loop bioreactor with cells immobilized in loofa ( Luffa cylindrica) sponge for the bioconversion of raw cassava starch to ethanol.

Microalgal-luffa sponge immobilized disc: a new efficient biosorbent for the removal of Ni(II) from aqueous solution.

Isolation and characterization of luffacylin, a ribosome inactivating peptide with anti-fungal activity from sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrica) seeds.

Relative population of S-form and F-form conformers of bryonolic acid and its derivatives in equilibrium in CdCl3 solutions.

Luffangulin, a novel ribosome inactivating peptide from ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) seeds.

Two novel cucurbitacins, neocucurbitacins A and B, from the Brazilian folk medicine Buchinha (Luffa operculata) and their effect on PEBP2alphaA and OCIF gene expression in a human osteoblast-like Saos-2 cell line.

[Biological characters of the different varieties for Luffa cylindrica].

[Studies on the chemical structure of lucyoside R from leaves of Luffa cylindrica roem].

Chemical examination of the seeds of Luffa graveolens Roxb. and Luffa echinata Roxb.