Research Article

Antibacterial Activity of Fistulin: A Protease Inhibitor Purified from the Leaves of Cassia fistula

Table 1

Purification profile of fistulin.

Purification stepsExtent of inhibition of trypsin (%)Protein (mg)Yield (%)Purification (fold)

Crude extract8.0500.21001
Ammonium sulphate fractionation41.0161.532.35
Sephadex G-100 gel filtration chromatography74.077.015.49.2