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| OLIVEIRA,ANTÔNIA S. DE; LÓSSIO,CLÁUDIA F.; RANGEL,ANNE J.; MARTINS,MARIA G.Q.; NASCIMENTO,FERNANDO E.P. DO; ANDRADE,MARIA L.L. DE; CAVADA,BENILDO S.; LACERDA,SÍRLEIS R.; NASCIMENTO,KYRIA S. DO. |
| ABSTRACT Freshwater algae are rich sources of structurally biologically active metabolites, such as fatty acids, steroids, carotenoids and polysaccharides. Among these metabolites, lectins stand out. Lectins are proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune origin which bind to carbohydrates or glycoconjugates, without changing ligand structure. Many studies have reported on the use of Spirogyra spp. as effective bioindicators of heavy metals; however, reports on Spirogyra molecular bioprospecting are quite limited. Therefore, this study aimed to detect, isolate, purify and characterize a lectin present in the freshwater green algae Spirogyra. Presence of the lectin protein in the extract was detected by hemagglutination assays. Subsequently, the protein extract... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Algae; Characterization; Lectin; Purification. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017000502113 |
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