Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO LECTINS.

Plant Lectins: A Special Class of Plant Proteins.

Plant Lectins in Mammalian Nutrition, Immunology, Metabolism and asOral Therapeutic and Immune Agents.

Lectin Histochemistry in Histology and Histopathology.

LECTIN CLASSIFICATION.

Key to the Use of the Lectin Entries.

Classification Codes.

Lectin Entries.

Appendices.

Index.

About the Author

Els. J. M. Van Damme is the author of Handbook of Plant Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications, published by Wiley.

Willy J. Peumans is the author of Handbook of Plant Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications, published by Wiley.

Arpad Pusztai is the author of Handbook of Plant Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications, published by Wiley.

Susan Bardocz is the author of Handbook of Plant Lectins: Properties and Biomedical Applications, published by Wiley.