Table 1.

Lectins used and their specificities

Lectin	Abbreviation	Sugar specificity	Positive control	Reference
Concanavalin A	Con A	α-mannose, α-glucose	SBA, Ovalbumin	[46]
Wheat Germ Agglutinin	WGA	(GlcNAc)2, Sialic acid, GalNAc	Ovalbumin	[47]
Dolichos biflorus agglutinin	DBA	α-GalNAc	ASM	[48]
Soybean agglutinin	SBA	α, β-GalNAc, Gal	ASM	[49]
Peanut agglutinin	PNA	Galβ1-3GalNAc	ASM, BSA-T	[50]
Artocarpus integrifola agglutinin	JAC	Galβ1-3GalNAc, GalNAcβ1-3 Gal, GalNAc	ASM, BSA-T	[51,52]
Phaesolus vulgaris agglutinin	PHA	Galβ1-4GlcNAc	ASF	[53]
Ricinus communis agglutinin	RCAII	Galβ1-4GlcNAc	ASF	[54]
Maackia amirensis lectin	MALII	Sialic acidα2-3Gal	Mouse blood	[55]
Sambuca nigra agglutinin	SNA	Sialic acidα2-6Gal	Fetuin	[56]
Ulex europaeus agglutinin	UEAI	Fucα1-2Gal	Mucin	[57]
Aleutia aurantia agglutinin	AAL	Fucα1-3/6	Mucin	[58]

Positive controls for each lectin were dot blotted and treated as described in materials and methods.