Semi-purification and characterization of haemagglutinin substance from Aloe barbadensis Miller

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-57

  Bouthet, Catherine F ^a   Schirf, Virgil R ^a   Winters, Wendell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe; Glucosamine; Haemagglutinin

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ALCOHOL; ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSAMINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030022199     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199602)10:1<54::AID-PTR773>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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