Background The banana (Musa spp.) plant produces elongated and edible fruit. The two
main parthenocarpic species of banana are Musa accuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana …

Since the early discovery of plant lectins at the end of the 19th century, and the finding that
they could agglutinate erythrocytes and precipitate glycans from their solutions, many …

Chitosan (CS) is a biologically active biopolymer used in different medical applications due
to its biodegradability, biocompatibility, and nontoxicity. Nanotechnology is an exciting and …

Background The ongoing concern surrounding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
primarily stems from continuous mutations in the genome of the severe acute respiratory …

WSMoL, a water-soluble lectin from the seeds of Moringa oleifera, present several biological
activities. This work aimed to evaluated the toxicity and antitumor activity of WSMoL. To …

Poor lifestyle choices and genetic predisposition are factors that increase the number of
cancer cases, one example being breast cancer, the third most diagnosed type of …

Cancer is a slow-developing non-communicable disease that causes a high rate of
morbidity and mortality among the sufferers. Apart from genetic predisposition, the main …

Background Colon cancer (CC) ranks the second highest mortality rate among malignant
tumors worldwide, and the current mainstream treatment regimens are not very effective …

Lectins are proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune origin with carbohydrate-binding
properties. They are found both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The most abundant …

Aberrant glycosylation patterns of glycoproteins and glycolipids have long been recognized
as one the major hallmarks of cancer cells that has led to numerous glycoconjugate vaccine …