Physicochemical properties and acute toxicity studies of a lectin from the saline extract of the fruiting bodies of the shiitake mushroom, lentinula edodes (Berk)

International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-317

  Eghianruwa, Queensley ^a   Odekanyin, Oludele ^a   Kuku, Adenike ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Fruiting bodies; Lectin; Lentinula edodes; N acetyl d galactosamine; Shiitake mushroom

Indexed keywords

ALPHA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINIDASE; ARGININE; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LECTIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; TYROSINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOTTING; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; LENTINULA EDODES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONTENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VOMITING;

LENTINULA EDODES; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84855960014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21524114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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