Table 1.

Sugar specificity of lectins from selected plant species.

Species and Common Plant Name	Sugar Specificity †	References
Chenopodium quinoa Willd. (quinoa—black, red, white)	(GlcNAc)n	[12]
Cicer arietinum L. (chickpea)	Complex	[12]
Glycine max L. (soybean)	GalNAc > Gal	[12]
Hordeum vulgare L. (barley)	GlcNAc	[12]
Lens culinaris L. (beluga lentil, brown lentil, green lentil, green lentil le Puy, red lentil)	Man/Glc	[12]
Oryza sativa L. (rice)	GlcNAc	[12]
Phaseolus lunatus L. (lima bean)	GalNAc	[8,12]
Phaseolus vulgaris L. (black bean, borlotti bean, green bean—haricot vert, kidney bean, rashti bean, white bean)	Complex	[12]
Pisum sativum L. (pea)	Man/Glc	[12]
Sambucus nigra L.—fruit (elderberry)	Gal/GalNAc	[12]
Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato)	(GlcNAc)n	[12]
Solanum tuberosum L. (potato)	GalNAc > Gal	[12,13]
Triticum aestivum L. (wheat)	GlcNAc	[12]
Vicia faba L. (fava bean, horse bean)	Man/Glc	[12]
Vigna angularis L. (adzukki bean)	Gal	[13]
Vigna mungo L. (urid bean)	Gal	[13]
Vigna radiata L. (mung bean)	Gal	[14]
Vigna unguiculata L. (cowpea)	Gal	[14]

^† Gal, galactose; GalNAc, N-Acetylgalactosamine; Glc, glucose; GlcNAc, N-Acetylglucosamine; Man, mannose. Species with complex sugar specificity are able to bind a wide range of monosaccharides.