Sophora japonica agglutinin lectin bound more strongly to glycoproteins in the saliva of untreated patients with Kashin-Beck disease compared to a sodium hyaluronate control group.
Wang 2019
Scientific Name:
Styphnolobium japonicum, syn. Sophora japonica
Family Name:
Fabaceae
Common Name:
Sophora japonica, Japanese sophora
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Twelve of 35 members tested in a large ethnically-mixed South African family were found to have both haemoglobin M type Hyde Park and persistent polyagglutinable red blood cells. The cells of affected family members reacted strongly with Glycine soja and Sophora japonica lectins.
Bird 1988
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH BY: Oren Rabinowitz, MSc
October 2020
LATEST UPDATES BY: Antonia Kaz
March 2023