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THE capacity of certain plant proteins closely to simulate the action of various human blood group specific agglutinins is well known; the subject has been reviewed by me1. Almost all strong blood-group-specific plant agglutinins have been obtained from the genus Leguminosae; recently a good anti-A (anti-A1) was found in the seeds of Hyptis sauveolens Poit of the genus Labiatiae2. Examination of other non-leguminous plants has now revealed specific agglutinins in the fruit pulp of Clerodendrum viscosum Vent (syn. : C. petasites Lour; C. infortunatum Cook et al., non-Gaert and non-Linn), of the natural order Verbenaceae, a gregarious shrub commonly found throughout India, Burma, Ceylon and the Andaman Islands.
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BIRD, G. Hæmagglutinins from Clerodendrum viscosum Vent. Nature 191, 292 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191292a0
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