title: Lesions of intestinal epithelium by ingestion of bean lectins in rats.
abstract: Wistar rats were submitted to the action of active lectins from common dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and from jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis, DC). Raw common bean was offered to the rats in an otherwise balanced diet to make 10% protein as the sole protein source. A single dose of 20 mg of jack bean lectin (concanavalin A) was given by gastric intubation. Half of the rats receiving raw bean died within 22 days of experiment. Histological findings showed ulceration and necrosis of the intestinal villi in the surviving rats. In some cases the lesions reached also the submucosa. Gastric intubation of concanavalin A caused intense scaling off in the apical portion of the villi.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Planejamento Alimentar e Nutrição, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: B de C
authors.initials: Bde C
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Sgarbieri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000633:toxicity; D004032:Diet; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects; D007887:Fabaceae; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D037102:Lectins / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000633:toxicity; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D003208:Concanavalin A