Characterization of Two Non-Fetuin-Binding Lectins from Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) Seeds with Differential Cytotoxicity on Colon Cancer Cells

Iovanna Torres Arteaga^3,4, Jose L Castro Guillén¹, Elizabeth Mendiola Olaya¹, Teresa García Gasca², Marco Vinicio Ángeles Zaragoza², Violeta García-Santoyo², Jorge Ariel Torres Castillo⁵, Cesar Aguirre³, Brett Phinney⁶ and Alejandro Blanco-Labra^1*

¹CINVESTAV of the National Polytechnic Institute, Unit Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

²The University of Queretaro, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mexico

³National Technology of Mexico, Technological Institute of Roque, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

⁴Polytechnic University of the Bicentennial, Silao Romita State, Guanajuato, Mexico

⁵University of Tamaulipas, Institute of Applied Ecology, Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

⁶University of California, Davis - UC Davis Genome Center 451 Health Sciences Drive, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Alejandro Blanco-Labra, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Irapuato, Km. 9.6, Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, A.P. 629. C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, Tel: 1052-462-623 9640 Email: