Product Description

This volume surveys the chemistry, biochemistry, biosynthesis, metabolism, and pharmacological properties of lectins. After a chemically orientated first chapter dealing with specificity and a second chapter on structure, in the rest of the book lectins are looked at from a biological point of view. Their involvement in metabolism and biosynthesis, the distribution and localization in plant tissues and their role in interactions with the outside world are discussed in chapters 3 and 4. The last two chapters deal with the effects of lectins on various cells of the body including blood, gut, and nerve cells with particular emphasis on medical, nutritional, and general biological aspects.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3383676 in Books
• Published on: 1992-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Review
"...can be recommended as an invaluable source of information for the more advanced student and the specialist whose research involves the use of lectins..." Quarterly Review of Biology