Table 2.

Inhibition of spermatial attachment to trichogynes by lectins and carbohydrates^a

Treatment	% of trichogynes with attached spermatia	Avg no. of attached spermatia per trichogyne
Control (enriched seawater)	97.8 ± 1.2	7.1
Preincubation of spermatia with:
AOL1	56.2 ± 4.5	4.6
Heat-denatured AOL1	92.8 ± 4.7	6.6
AOL1 + GalNAc	90.2 ± 5.4	5.3
SBAb	58.7 ± 4.8	4.3
SBA + GalNAc	82.6 ± 5.4	6.8

^aConcentrations used were 20 μg/ml for lectins and 10 mM for carbohydrates.

^bSBA, soybean agglutinin.