Characterization of Con C, a lectin from Canavalia cathartica Thouars seeds

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 528-535

  Suseelan, K N ^a   Bhagwath, Arun ^b   Pandey, R ^a   Gopalakrishna, T ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Antinutritional factors; Canavalia cathartica; Canavalia species; Lectin; Mannose specific

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CON C; LECTIN; MANNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CANAVALIA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN CELL;

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA CATHARTICA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34247527232     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.11.064     Document Type: Article

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