... are involved in hemagglutination, lymphocyte transformation, inactivationof certain types of tumor cells and precipitation of certainpolysaccharides and glycoproteins [1,2]. Plant lectinsisolated ... inhibited specifically by galactose,methyl-a-D-galactopyranoside, methyl-b-D-galactopyrano-side, lactose and raffinose. The lectins MSL-1, MSL-2 and MSL-3 contained 5.7, 5.4 and 4.5% neutral sugars, ... red blood cells by the lectinswas inhibited specifically in the presence of galactose,methyl-a-D-galactopyranoside, methyl-b-D-galactopyrano-side, lactose and raffinose. This finding was furthersupported...