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Tissue specific plant lectins were searched in the seeds of 44 tropical trees of Kerala, India. Seeds of only 12 plant species showed lectin activity. N-acetyl-D-galactosamine was the best inhibitor of lectin activity for the majority of the seeds. Lectin activity in the seeds of 4 species were not inhibited by any of the mono- or polysaccharides used.
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Prakashkumar, R., Pushpangadan, P. & Vijayakumar, T. Search for lectins in seeds of tropical trees of Kerala, India. Biologia Plantarum 40, 155–158 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000969206637
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