Isolation of a lectin and a galactoxyloglucan from Mucuna sloanei seeds

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1965-1972

  Teixeira Sá, Daniele M A ^a,b   Reicher, Fany ^c   Braga, Renata C ^a   Beltramini, Leila Maria ^d   de Azevedo Moreira, Renato ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Galactoxyloglucan; Lectin; Mucuna sloanei; Sloanin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOMANNAN; GLUCAN; HEMAGGLUTININ; MANNAN; PLANT LECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VELVET BEAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCANS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MANNANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUCUNA; PLANT LECTINS; RABBITS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENANTHERA PAVONINA; FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; MUCUNA; MUCUNA SLOANEI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70549106469     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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