Where is a Lectin found?
A lectin is a sugar-binding protein. Lectins have been found in plants, viruses, microorganisms and animals, but despite their ubiquity, their function in nature is unclear. Although lectins share the common property of binding to defined sugar structures, their roles in various organisms are not likely to be the same. Plant Lectin Plant lectins, a unique group of proteins and glycoproteins with potent biological activity, occur in foods like wheat, corn, tomato, peanut, kidney bean, banana, pea, lentil, soybean, mushroom, rice, and potato. Thus, dietary intakes by humans can be significant. Many lectins resist digestion, survive gut passage, and bind to gastrointestinal cells and/or enter the circulation intact, maintaining full biological activity. Subscribe to a FREE Supplement Research Update newsletter. Twice a month you will receive an email of several studies on various supplements and natural medicine topics, including lectin, and their practical interpretation by Ray Sahelian,
