The marine red alga Eucheuma serra J. Agardh, a high yielding source of two isolectins

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-338

  Kawakubo, Akihiro ^a,d   Makino, Hiroyuki ^a,d   Ohnishi, Jun Ichi ^a,e   Hirohara, Hideo ^b   Hori, Kanji ^c  

^a Marine Greens Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yamaki Co   (Japan)

^e SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding specificity; Eucheuma serra; Hemagglutinin; Isolectin; Lectin; Mitogenic activity

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ETHANOL EXTRACT; GEL FILTRATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; ISOLECTIN; LECTIN; TRYPSIN;

EUCHEUMA AMAKUSAENSIS; EUCHEUMA COTTONII; EUCHEUMA DENTICULATUM; EUCHEUMA GELATINAE; EUCHEUMA SERRA;

EID: 0031408787     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007915006334     Document Type: Article

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