Explore: Plant Lectins

lectin content. Some lectins are beneficial, such as CLEC11A, which promotes bone growth, while others may be powerful toxins such as ricin. Lectins may

His Plant Paradox diet suggests avoiding all foods containing lectins. Scientists and dietitians have classified Gundry's claims about lectins as pseudoscience

foods that contain high amounts of lectins will prevent and cure disease. There is no clinical evidence the lectin-free diet is effective to treat any

Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a world expert on plant lectins, authoring 270 papers and three books on the subject. In 1998, Árpád

of Plant Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications, 1998, p. 211; Nagda and Deshmukh, "Hemagglutination Pattern of Galactose Specific Lectin From

The legume lectins (or L-type lectins) are a family of sugar-binding proteins or lectins found in the seeds and, in smaller amounts, in the roots, stems

these functions have been detected in tissue from BPH intestines. Some plant lectins are antifeedants to BPH and if properly formulated may have the potential

which can bind "the plant lectins C-type mannose binding domain". Aminopeptidase N has the same ability to interact with plant lectins C-type mannose-binding

jacalin-related lectin from the monocot family of plants, while all other members are dicots; other monocot mannose-binding lectins exhibit beta-prism

Phytolacca americana. It functions as a lectin and a mitotic stimulus for the division of lymphocytes. This lectin specifically induces the proliferation