For thousands of years, plants and their products have been used as the mainstay of
medicinal therapy. In recent years, besides attempts to isolate the active ingredients of …

Lectins are proteins that bind to carbohydrates and sugar containing substances in a
specific and reversible way or precipitate glycoconjugates. These heterogeneous class of …

The Araceae family boasts> 3000 species of flowering plants that thrive across the tropics.
Among the focal points of study within this family are lectins, proteins with affinity for binding …

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) corm is a rustic staple food, rich in small starch granules, fibers,
and bioactive phytoconstituents such as flavonoids, alkaloids, sterols, tannins, phytates …

Abstract Key message Transgenic Brassica juncea plants expressing Colocasia esculenta
tuber agglutinin (CEA) shows the non-allergenic nature of the expressed protein leading to …

Lectins are proteins or glycoproteins that bind specifically and reversibly to the carbohydrate
or glycoconjugates. A new lectin is purified from the rhizome of Xanthosoma violaceum …

Background: Garlic (Allium sativum) from the family Amaryllidaceae is widely used in
culinary and is reported to have potential anticancer, anti-diabetic, antimicrobial, and …

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Colocasia esculenta tuber agglutinin (CEA), a mannose binding lectin, exhibits insecticidal
efficacy against different hemipteran pests. Dysdercus cingulatus, red cotton bug (RCB), has …

In today's scenario, agriculture is ravaged by a multitude of maladies which are accelerated
due to climate change and overdependence on chemical fertilisers leads to damaging …