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Screening of mushrooms from the woodlands of Zimbabwe: Occurrence of lectins and partial purification of a mucin specific lectin from Boletus edulis

Mushrooms are known to possess a diversity of bioactive compounds that include lectins, which are proteins or glycoproteins that bind specifically to cell surface carbohydrates, culminating in cell agglutination. The present study describes the screening of lectin activity from ten local mushrooms,...

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Autores principales: Reid, Tsungai, Fore, Faith, Chidzwondo, Farisai, Kashangura, Chenjerayi, Stray-Pedersen, Babill, Mduluza, Takafira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9009683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35421104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265494