scholarly journals Lectin Activity in Commonly Consumed Plant-Based Foods: Calling for Method Harmonization and Risk Assessment

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2796
Author(s):  
Anežka Adamcová ◽  
Kristian Holst Laursen ◽  
Nicolai Zederkopff Ballin

Lectins are ubiquitous proteins characterized through their ability to bind different types of carbohydrates. It is well known that active lectins from insufficiently prepared legumes can cause adverse human health effects. The objective of this study was to determine the activity of lectins in samples across plant families representing commercially available edible plants, and the feasibility of inactivating lectins through soaking and boiling. Lectins were extracted from the plant families Adoxaceae, Amaranthaceae, Cannabaceae, Fabaceae, Gramineae, Lamiaceae, Linaceae, Pedaliaceae, and Solanaceae. A hemagglutination assay based on non-treated or trypsin treated rabbit erythrocytes was used to measure the lectin activity. The results showed the highest lectin activity in species from the Fabaceae family and demonstrated that soaking and boiling have an effect on the levels of active lectins. This is the first large study that combines lectin activity obtained from two different assays with raw and processed edible plants. In addition, we examined the current risk assessment, and regulations necessary for an adequate official reporting of results. We encourage the scientific community to further explore this field and agree on harmonized methods for analysis and interpretation, and hope that our methodology can initiate this development.

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-509
Author(s):  
MICHAEL ASCHNER

To the Editor.— Dr Herbert Needleman's frightful description of his investigative ordeal, unnecessary as it may have been, will hopefully serve as an eye opener to the scientific community. It reemphasizes that where there is money at stake there is advocacy language on both sides. Anyone can seriously attack any statistical risk assessment on the premise that if a compound has no effect on a given measurement, about 1 of 20 studies to report such an association would be on the basis of change.


2017 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Sara Lospitao-Gómez ◽  
Tomás Sebastián-Viana ◽  
José M. González-Ruíz ◽  
Joaquín Álvarez-Rodríguez

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Gaspar-Escribano ◽  
T. Iturrioz

Abstract. Earthquake risk assessment is probably the most effective tool for reducing adverse earthquake effects and for developing pre- and post-event planning actions. The related risk information (data and results) is of interest for persons with different backgrounds and interests, including scientists, emergency planners, decision makers and other stakeholders. Hence, it is important to ensure that this information is properly transferred to all persons involved in seismic risk, considering the nature of the information and the particular circumstances of the source and of the receiver of the information. Some experience-based recommendations about the parameters and the graphical representations that can be used to portray earthquake risk information to different types of audiences are presented in this work.


2018 ◽  
Vol 199 (4S) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taimur T Shah ◽  
Max Peters ◽  
Enrique Gomez-Gomez ◽  
Hashim U. Ahmed ◽  
Mathias Winkler

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1690-1692
Author(s):  
Henriette Selck ◽  
Valery E. Forbes
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2019 ◽  
Vol 222 (7) ◽  
pp. 1030-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.H.J.L. van den Berg ◽  
L. Friederichs ◽  
J.F.M. Versteegh ◽  
P.W.M.H. Smeets ◽  
A.M. de Roda Husman

Author(s):  
Guanghui Guo ◽  
Mei Lei ◽  
Yanwen Wang ◽  
Bo Song ◽  
Jun Yang

This study investigated the accumulation of As, Cd, and Pb in 16 wheat cultivars and the associated health risks for the inhabitants of Jiyuan, China. The results indicated that the concentrations of As, Cd, and Pb decreased in the order of root > leaf > stem > grain. The concentrations of As, Cd, and Pb in wheat grains varied from 0.13 for Pingan8 to 0.34 mg kg−1 for Zhengmai7698, 0.10 for Luomai26 to 0.25 mg kg−1 for Zhengmai7698, and 0.12 for Zhoumai207 to 0.42 mg kg−1 for Zhengmai379, respectively. There were significant differences in the bioaccumulation factors of As, Cd, and Pb among the 16 wheat cultivars. Cd was more readily accumulated to higher levels than As and Pb in wheat. The Target Hazard Quotients (THQs) of Cd and Pb in the grains from 16 wheat cultivars were below 1, while As THQ exceeded 1. The lowest detrimental human health effects via wheat consumption were found in cultivar AY58 among the 16 wheat cultivars, with total THQs (TTHQs) of 1.82 for children and 1.60 for adults, suggesting that children absorb more heavy metals than adults and they are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of these metals.


Urology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Oderda ◽  
Gabriele Cozzi ◽  
Lorenzo Daniele ◽  
Anna Sapino ◽  
Stefania Munegato ◽  
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