Copper-containing amine oxidase purified from lathyrus sativus as a modulator of human neutrophil functions
Over the last few decades, copper-containing amine oxidase (Cu-AO) from vegetal sources, and belonging to the class of diamine oxidase, has been documented to exhibit beneficial effects in both in vivo and ex vivo animal models of inflammatory or allergic conditions, including asthma-like reaction and myocardial or intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injuries. The aim of the present study was to assess the potential of vegetal Cu-AO as an anti-inflammatory and an antiallergic agent and to clarify its antioxidant properties.