Taraxacum officinale
…mm wide. Plants typically have 24 or 40 pairs of chromosomes, while some have 16 or 32 pairs. Taraxalisin is a serine proteinase found in the latex of dandelion roots. Rudenskaya et al. (1998) found that taraxalisin hydrolyzes a chromogenic peptide substrate Glp-Ala-Ala-Leu-pNA optimally at pH 8.0. Maximal…