Article
Effect of the insecticidal Galanthus nivalis agglutinin on metabolism and the activities of brush border enzymes in the rat small intestine
1996-12-01
Abstract excerpt
With increasing use of lectin genes in crop plants to improve insect resistance, the dietary exposure of humans to lectins will rise and it is necessary to assess whether the presently most favored insecticidal lectin, Galanthus nivalis agglutinin, would be harmful for mammals. Effects of Galanthus nivalis agglutinin on gut and brush border enzymes were studied in rats over a 10-day dietary exposure and compared w...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 20a4f9a3-da28-5a76-886f-aee2e62e64ee
- DOI
- 10.1016/s0955-2863(96)00131-3
