... choleretic, diuretic and bile-expelling activities [4], (iv) the inhibition of HIVintegrase, a key player in HIV replication and its insertioninto host DNA [14,15], and (v) antibacterial and antifun-gal ... 14,000 g for 5min, and both supernatant and pellet were assayed forHCT activity, and profiled by SDS-PAGE (10% resolvinggel, 5% stacking gel) using Coomassie brilliant blue stain-ing [36]. Negative ... [36].Purification and cloning of globe artichoke HCTReverse transcription from total RNA was achieved usingpoly(dT)primer and M-MuLV RNaseH- RT (Finnzymes,Finland), following the manufacturer's instructions.Incomplete...