Figure 7
Inhibition by pomegranate juice (PJ) and PJ-S21, respectively of FLSC binding to CCR5 expressing Cf2Th/synCCR5 cells. FLSC is a chimeric recombinant protein consisting of gp120 BaL linked with D1D2 domains of CD4. The inhibitory effect was quantitated using a cell-based ELISA [20]. The starting concentration of PJ-S21 was 200 mg/ml, corresponding to 634 μg/ml solids adsorbed onto starch from PJ.