Isolation and partial characterisation of highly toxic lectins from Abrus pulchellus seeds

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 477-484

  Ramos, Márcio V ^a   Mota, Daniel M ^a   Teixeira, Clarissa R ^a   Cavada, Benildo S ^a   Moreira, Renato A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; PLANT TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RABBIT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ABRUS PRECATORIUS; ABRUS PULCHELLUS; ANIMALIA; FABACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAPILIONOIDEAE; SALINA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032559934     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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