Lectins are proteins with a high degree of stereospecificity to recognize various sugar
structures and form reversible linkages upon interaction with glyco-conjugate complexes …

Many plants contain carbohydrate-binding proteins that are commonly designated as lectins,
agglutinins, or hemagglutinins. Due to the obvious differences in molecular structure …

For thousands of years, fungi have been a valuable and promising source of therapeutic
agents for treatment of various diseases. Mushroom is a macrofungus which has been …

For decades, the biological roles of plant lectins remained obscure and subject to
speculation. With the advent of technological and scientific progress, researchers have …

This review outlines the antimicrobial activity of secondary metabolites and lectins,
compounds usually associated to defense mechanisms of plants. Secondary metabolites …

Lectins are multivalent proteins with the ability to recognize and bind diverse carbohydrate
structures. The glyco-binding and diverse molecular structures observed in these protein …

For thousands of years, plants and their products have been used as the mainstay of
medicinal therapy. In recent years, besides attempts to isolate the active ingredients of …

Even in the face of global vaccination campaigns, there is still an urgent need for effective
antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 and its rapidly spreading variants. Several natural …

Pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and other microbes constantly change to
ensure survival. Several pathogens have adopted strict and intricate strategies to fight …

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins present in most plants. They play a role in
protecting plants against external pathogens, like fungi, and other organisms. Some …