Soybean lectin isolation

Another important assumption from the lectin binding studies was that hemopoietic stem cells in the mouse may carry receptors for both peanut agglutinin and soybean agglutinin. Evidence in support of this assumption was obtained when, with the aid of peanut agglutinin and soybean agglutinin a cell fraction was isolated from mouse bone marrow and spleen, which was enriched with hemopoietic stem cells and depleted of "graft-versus-host" activity. Furthermore, such a cell fraction could be used for successful reconstruction of irradiated allogeneic mice (3SH. ... 

VODKIN, L.O., Isolation and characterization of messenger RNAs for seed lectin and Kunitz trypsin inhibitor in soybeans. Plant Physiol, 1981,68,766-771. 

Chitin has been used in columns to isolate pure lectins and determine their structure [94], Chitin and 6-O-carboxymethylchitin activate peritoneal macrophages in vivo, suppress the growth of tumour cells in mice and stimulate nonspecific host resistance against Escherichia Coli infection [95]. Chitin is used for biological activity as mentioned previously oligomers were claimed as anticancer drug and the DP = 5 is active to control the photosynthesis of maize and soybean [96]. 

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