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. 2017 Nov 20;30(3):1833–1858. doi: 10.1007/s10811-017-1338-5

Table 2.

Biological action spectrum of purified lectins from red algae

Red algae Haemagglutination activity with erythrocyte type/s Reference(s)
Agardhiella tenera Guinea pig, rabbit, mouse, horse, sheep and human A, B and O erythrocytes Shiomi et al. (1979)
Aglaothamnion callophyllidicola Horse erythrocytes Shim et al. (2012)
Bryothamnion triquetrum Rabbita,b erythrocytes Nascimento et al. (2015)
Carpopeltis flabellata Rabbita erythrocytes Hori et al. (1986a), Matsubara et al. (1996)
C. flabellata Rabbita,e, mousea,e, horsea,e, chickena and humane erythrocytes Hori et al. (1987)
Cystoclonium purpureum Rabbit, guinea pig, mouse, horse, human A, human B and human O erythrocytes Kamiya et al. (1980)
Enantiocladia duperreyi Human Ac, human Bc and human Oc erythrocytes Benevides et al. (1998)
Eucheuma amakusaensis Sheepa,e and rabbita erythrocytes Kawakubo et al. (1997), Kawakubo et al. (1999)
E. cottonii Sheepa,e and rabbita erythrocytes Kawakubo et al. (1997, 1999)
Georgiella confluens Chickena,e erythrocytes Souza et al. (2010)
Gracilaria ornata Rabbita and chickena erythrocytes Leite et al. (2005)
G. tikvahiae Rabbit, sheep, human A and human B erythrocytes Chiles and Bird (1990)
G. verrucosa Horse, cow, sheep, rabbit, guinea pig, carp and chicken erythrocytes Shiomi et al. (1981)
G. verrucosa Rabbit, guinea pig and sheepf erythrocytes Kakita et al. (1997)
G. verrucosa Horse, rabbit and sheepf erythrocytes Kakita et al. (1999)
Hypnea cervicornis Rabbita erythrocytes Nascimento et al. (2006)
H. japonica Rabbita erythrocytes Matsubara et al. (1996), Hori et al. (2000)
H. japonica Rabbit, horse, sheep, chicken and human A, human B and human O erythrocytes Hori et al. (1986b)
H. musciformis Rabbita,b,c,d,e, cowa, sheepa, human Aa,b,c,d, human Ba,b,c,d and human Oa,b,c,d,e erythrocytes Nagano et al. (2002)
Pterocladiella capillacea Rabbita,c,d erythrocytes Oliveira et al. (2002)
P. capillacea Rabbita erythrocytes Silva et al. (2010)
Ptilota filicina Human Ab,e, human Bb,e and human Ob,e erythrocytes Sampaio et al. (1998)
P. plumosa Human Ab, human Bb,e and human Ob erythrocytes Sampaio et al. (2002)
P. serrata Human Ab,e, human Bb,e and human Ob,e erythrocytes Sampaio et al. (1999)
Serraticardia maxima Horsea,b,e, cowa,b,e, sheepa,b,e, rabbita,b,e, guinea piga,b,e, mousea,b,e and chickena,b,e erythroytes Shiomi et al. (1980)
Solieria filiformis Rabbita erythrocytes Chaves et al. (2017)
S. chordalis Human Ab,c,e,g, human Bb,c,e,g and human Ob,c,e,g erythrocytes Rogers and Toplis (1983)
S. robusta Rabbita,e,f erythrocytes and human Aa erythrocytes Hori et al. (1988a)
S. robusta Rabbita erythrocytes Matsubara et al. (1996)
Tichocarpus crinitus Rabbit, rat, human A, human B and human O erythrocytes Molchanova et al. (2010)
Vidalia obtusiloba Rabbitc, human Oc and human Ac erythrocytes Melo et al. (2004)

aTrypsin-treated erythrocytes

bPapain-treated erythrocytes

cBromelain-treated erythrocytes

dSubtilisin-treated erythrocytes

eNative erythrocytes

fPronase-treated erythrocytes

gNeuraminidase-treated erythrocytes