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Immunoadjuvant and Humoral Immune Responses of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Lectins upon Systemic and Mucosal Administration in BALB/c Mice

Shruthishree D. Padiyappa,
Hemavathi Avalappa,
Madhusudana Somegowda,
Shankarappa Sridhara,
Yeldur P. Venkatesh,
Bettadatunga T. Prabhakar,
Siddanakoppalu N. Pramod,
Mona S. Almujaydil,
Shadi Shokralla and
Eman A. Mahmoud
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Molecules2022, 27(4), 1375;https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041375

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17 February 2022

Dietary food components have the ability to affect immune function; following absorption, specifically orally ingested dietary food containing lectins can systemically modulate the immune cells and affect the response to self- and co-administered foo...

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Are Dietary Lectins Relevant Allergens in Plant Food Allergy?

Annick Barre,
Els J.M. Van Damme,
Mathias Simplicien,
Hervé Benoist and
Pierre Rougé

Foods2020, 9(12), 1724;https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9121724

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24 November 2020

Lectins or carbohydrate-binding proteins are widely distributed in seeds and vegetative parts of edible plant species. A few lectins from different fruits and vegetables have been identified as potential food allergens, including wheat agglutinin, he...

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Bioinformatic Selection of Mannose-Specific Lectins from Allium genus as SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitors Analysing Protein–Protein Interaction

Stefan Isaković,
Milan Senćanski,
Vladimir Perović,
Kristina Stevanović and
Ivana Prodić

Life2025, 15(2), 162;https://doi.org/10.3390/life15020162

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23 January 2025

Mannose-specific lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins known for their antiviral potential. This study uses a bioinformatic approach to investigate the possibility of lectins from Allium sativum (garlic) and Allium ursinum (wild garlic) as inhibi...

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