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Pokeweed Phytolacca americana uses Poke Salet
... an anti-AIDS drug. Some of the chemical constituents in the plant are triterpenoid saponins, lectins, antiviral proteins and many phytolaccagenic acids, which are not completely understood. New research has revealed ... the antibody and inactivates the ribosomes that make the proteins the cell needs to survive. With the cell unable to produce proteins, the specific leukemia cell is killed. More than ...
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BLOOD POISONS
... injected by a foreign protein. These plant lectins easily are taken up by the blood stream through the stomach, because they are relatively small proteins. Lectins have now been found in bacteria, invertebrates ... . Some of the useful nitrogen is then used by the legume plant to make lectins and other proteins. Lectins may comprise up to 3% of the weight of a mature seed. After germination ...
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The Succulent Plant Page: Glossary of Botanical Terms
... - a milky aqeous emulsion containing a variety of organic substances, often including rubber and various proteins. Commercially, latex produced from within bark of the rubber tree is coagulated by heat to ... of a compound leaf. Lectin - a diverse group of plant proteins capable of aglutinating cells (such as red blood cells). Lectins contain sites that recognise and bind to sugar residues, such as ...
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