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EARLY studies by Landsteiner1 indicated that while plant agglutinins acted upon the red cells of most species, specificity could be considered to exist if the action of a given plant extract against a limited series of cells was considered. For example, lentil extracts agglutinated rabbit's red cells but not pigeon's red cells. Recent experiments2 revealed that extracts of common strains of Dolichos biflorus agglutinated human A cells quickly and sheep's cells after 5 min., but not human cells of groups B and O, or those of some other species.
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BIRD, G. Some Interrelationships of the Erythrocytes of Various Species with Plant Agglutinins. Nature 172, 401–402 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172401a0
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