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Allium porrum

SPECIES IMAGE
SOURCELeek
LECTINSAPA
MOLECULAR IMAGE
CLASSMonocot mannose-binding lectins
NOMENLECp.All.Por.le.Hma1
INDEXPlant lectin / Plant / Leaf / Hololectins / Mannose-binding lectins
CHARACTERIZATIONHigh lectin concentrations have been found in the nectar of leek flowers. Pure preparations of shallot lectin strongly inhibit MT-4 cells by HIV-1 and HIV-2 in vitro. Of all the Alliaceaenlectins tested, leek lectin proved to be the most effective HIV inhibitor. See: Planta 1997 (201): 298-302
BIOACTIVITYThe lectin readily agglutinates rabbit erythrocytes, but not human. See: Phytochemistry 1991 (30): 509-514
SOURCE TISSUELeaf
SPECIFICITYd-mannose
INHIBITORSd-mannose
REFERENCESPlant Molec. Biol. 1993 (23): 365-376
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