Three lectins were extracted and purified from mulberry seeds by gel filtration of 100% ammonium sulfate saturated crude protein extract followed by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE and CM-cellulose. The lectins were found to be homogeneous as judged by polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis. The molecular masses of the lectins as determined by gel filtration were 175 000 for MSL-1, 120 000 for MSL-2 and 89 500 for MSL-3. MSL-1 is dimer in nature, with the two monomers held together by disulfide bond(s), while MSL-2 and MSL-3 contain four nonidentical subunits that are held together by nonionic hydrophobic interactions.The lectins agglutinated rat red blood cells and this agglutination was inhibited specifically by galactose, methyl-a-D-galactopyranoside, methyl-b-D-galactopyranoside, lactose and raffinose. The lectins MSL-1, MSL-2 and MSL-3 contained 5.7, 5.4 and 4.5% neutral sugars, respectively, and the sugar composition of the lectins was glucose and mannose for MSL-1 and galactose for both MSL-2 and MSL-3. The lectins exhibited strong cytotoxic effect in brine shrimp lethality bioassay.Keywords: mulberry seeds; galactose-specific lectins; subunit structure; hemagglutination; cytotoxicity. [6]. Lectins are being used increasingly to probe the structure of carbohydrates on the surfaces of normal and malignant cells [7]. Mulberry (Morus albaMulberry plants are propagated either through seeds or vegetatively. Mulberry seed is oval in shape with a nearly flat surface. The seed contains about 38% carbohydrate, 32% fat and 15% protein [8]. This paper describes the purification and characterization of three galactose-specific lectins from the seeds of mulberry. M A T E R I A L S A N D M E T H O D SMulberry seeds were collected from the experimental plot of Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute, Rajshahi. Sephadex G-150, Sephadex G-75, DEAEcellulose, CM-cellulose and Sepharose 4B were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co. All the other reagents used were of analytical grade. Unless otherwise specified, all operations were performed at 4 8C. Preparation of fat free dry powderThe seeds were crushed into paste using a mortar and pestle. This was then mixed uniformly with precooled petroleum ether in a homogenizer at 4 8C. The homogenate was filtered through a clean muslin cloth. The process was repeated at least twice in order to obtain lipid-free homogenate. Finally, the filtrate was clarified further by centrifugation at 8000 g, 4 8C for 10 min The precipitate obtained was collected and air-dried at room temperature. Preparation of crude protein extractThe protein from fat free dry powder was extracted with five different solvents (1% CH 3 COOH; 10 mM Tris/HCl buffer, pH 8.4; 10 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.2; 20 mM acetate buffer, pH 5.0 and distilled water). Water was used for preparation of crude protein extract from fat free dry powder as the highest ratio of absorbance at 280 nm and 260 nm was found in distilled water [9]. The fat free dry powder was mixed uniformly with precooled distilled water ...
Breastfeeding practices of mother are effective way for reducing infant morbidity and mortality. Improper breastfeeding along with inadequate complementary feeding are the main reasons for malnutrition among the children in Bangladesh. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess and find the breast feeding practice in selected areas of Dhaka city with respect to socioeconomic and demographic condition. Here, 250 mothers and their 250 infants were considered to asses using a formative questionnaire. Within this sample size 129 (51.6%) were male infants and 121 (49.4%) were female infants respectively. This study found that the privilege of breast feeding practice progressively increases with the mother's education that has been started from less than high school level (below 10 classes) to bachelor's level or more than higher. In addition, this study found that about 84.8% lactating mothers have knowledge on what are colostrums. But surprisingly only 58% mothers gave colostrums to their infants. Furthermore, we found that the rate of exclusive breast feeding among three months and six months age infants were 51.2% and 27.2% respectively. Therefore, according to findings of this study it could be concluded that mothers in the Dhaka city should give more attention on breast feeding to her infants and subsequently prevent infant mortality and get a healthy child.
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