Hemagglutinins (lectins) in fruit bodies of Japanese higher fungi |
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Authors: | Fumio Yagi Tomo Sakai Noriko Shiraishi Mariko Yotsumoto Rieko Mukoyoshi |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, 890-0065 Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima, Japan |
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Abstract: | Extracts from fruit bodies of 110 species of Japanese fungi were examined with trypsinized human and rabbit erythrocytes.
More than 80% of the extracts showed the hemagglutination activities, a higher proportion than reported previously. Over half
of species that had been reported to be inactive exhibited hemagglutination. Among them, some extracts showed human blood
group specific-hemagglutination; A-specific,Panellus serotinus, Psathyrella piluliformis, Cantharellus cibarius andStropharia rugosoannulata; B-, O-specific,Gyroporus castaneus andPanellus stypticus; and Ospecific,Linderia bicolumnata andPhallus impudicus. Twenty-one species were reactive toward only rabbit erythrocytes. Several species exhibited very high hemagglutination activity.
The results suggested that some of these Japanese fungi would be promising sources of lectins. |
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Keywords: | fungi hemagglutinin lectin mushroom |
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