Legume lectins: proteins with diverse applications

I Lagarda-Diaz, AM Guzman-Partida… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Lectins are a diverse class of proteins distributed extensively in nature. Among these
proteins; legume lectins display a variety of interesting features including antimicrobial; …

Indian medicinal plants as a source of antimycobacterial agents

R Gautam, A Saklani, SM Jachak - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
It is estimated that one-third of the world's population is infected with tubercle bacillus and
the problem of tuberculosis (TB) has been intensified due to HIV pandemic providing a large …

Research advances and prospects of legume lectins

R Katoch, A Tripathi - Journal of biosciences, 2021 - Springer
Lectins are widely distributed proteins having ability of binding selectively and reversibly
with carbohydrates moieties and glycoconjugates. Although lectins have been reported from …

Antitumour activity of Bauhinia variegata on Dalton's ascitic lymphoma

B Rajkapoor, B Jayakar, N Murugesh - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2003 - Elsevier
The antitumour activity of the ethanol extract of Bauhinia variegata (EBV) has been
evaluated against Dalton's ascitic lymphoma (DAL) in Swiss albino mice. A significant …

Healthy novel gluten-free formulations based on beans, carob fruit and rice: Extrusion effect on organic acids, tocopherols, phenolic compounds and bioactivity

C Arribas, E Pereira, L Barros, MJ Alves, RC Calhelha… - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice and legumes have great potential in the development of novel gluten-free snacks that
are healthier than traditional snacks. Novel gluten-free extruded foods (composed of rice: 50 …

Anthocyanin Characterization of Pilot Plant Water Extracts of Delonix regia Flowers

F Adje, YF Lozano, E Meudec, P Lozano, A Adima… - Molecules, 2008 - mdpi.com
Following the development of new applications of pilot plant scale extraction and formulation
processes for natural active bioproducts obtained from various under-utilized tropical plants …

Antibacterial and anticancer activities of three novel lectin-conjugated chitosan nanoparticles

MM Soliman, EH El-Shatoury, MMI El-Araby - Applied Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to synthesize, characterize, and
determine the antibacterial and anticancer effects of three novel conjugates of plant lectins …

Antimicrobial activity of lectins from plants

A Karnchanatat - Antimicrobial agents. London: InTech, 2012 - books.google.com
There are at least three reasons for the need in finding out new alternative antimicrobial
substances from natural sources. The first reason is that people nowadays concern about …

Isolation and purification of condensed tannins from flamboyant tree and their antioxidant and antityrosinase activities

HL Feng, L Tian, WM Chai, XX Chen, Y Shi… - Applied biochemistry …, 2014 - Springer
Flamboyant tree, a kind of medicinal plant, was studied as a source of condensed tannins.
The antioxidant activities of the condensed tannins from the leaf, fruit, and stem bark of …

Plant lectins: sugar-binding properties and biotechnological applications

PH Surya, M Deepti, KK Elyas - Plant metabolites: methods, applications …, 2020 - Springer
Lectins are of prime importance due to the reversibility and specificity in their sugar-binding
properties, which differ from enzymes or antibodies in being non-catalytic and mostly weak …