W. floribunda

Figure 1. Inhibition by lectins of complement fixation by the anti-H-2A-lympho-cyte reaction. ( ) M. pomifera agglutinin (A) W. floribunda mitogen (O) con-canamlin A (9) W. floribunda agglutinin ( V) S. japonica agglutinin.

Recently, in collaboration with R. J. Kuchler and D. Cryan of the Bureau of Biological Research, Rutgers University, we have observed that Balb/c 3T3 fibroblasts when cultured for prolonged periods with 25-400 Ug/ml of purified W. floribunda agglutinin accumulated massive amounts of vacuoles. This treatment with lectin is apparently not toxic to the cells as measured by the ability of treated cells to incorporate tritiated thymidine into cellular DNA. Figure 4 shows the effect on cells of treatment for 48 hours with 150 lig/ml of lectin as compared to cells treated in... 

Figure 4. Photomicrograph of 3T3 murine fibroblasts stained with Wright s-Giemsa stain a) treated with W. floribunda agglutinin (150 ng/ml) in Eagle s Minimum Essential Medium with Hanks salts for 48 hr b) control...

N.A. Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC W. brachybotrys Sieb. et Zucc. Isoflavonoids, triterpenoid saponins, dehydro soyas aponin, triterpenoids 330>33 1332 Antitumor, treat gastric cancer. 

Isoflavonoids Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Pueraria lobata, P. thunbergiana, Wisteria floribunda, W. brachybotrys... 

Ofher legumes that are commonly grown in gardens include the Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda), Chinese wisteria (W sinensis), and related species. The sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is also commonly grown as an attractive, climbing plant. 

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