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. 2014 Nov 5;27(4):1657–1669. doi: 10.1007/s10811-014-0441-0

Table 2.

Summary of purification of the isolectins from E. denticulatum. Fresh alga (1 kg) was used as a starting material

Extraction and purification step Protein (mg) Total activity (× 103 HUa mL−1) Specific activity (× 103 HU mg−1) Yield (%)
Extraction 614.4 865.3 1.4 100.0
Ethanol precipitation 85.1 654.6 7.7 75.6
Gel filtration
 EDAs 33.2 510.7 15.4 59.0
Ion exchange
 EDA-1 6.9 115.0 16.7 13.3
 EDA-2 13.4 248.2 18.5 28.7
 EDA-3 4.2 78.3 18.8 9.1

aHemagglutination units (hemagglutination titer)