01221nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001900065653001100084653001100095653001200106653000900118653001600127653002000143100001700163700001800180700001600198700001600214700001100230700001600241245006800257300001000325490000700335050003200342520053100374022001400905       1981                            d  c1981 Oct10aAdult10aBlood Proteins10aFucose10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aProtein Binding1 aVenkatesan K1 aBharadwaj V P1 aSritharan V1 aGirdhar B K1 aRamu G1 aDesikan K V00aSerum protein bound fucose (PBF) in untreated leprosy patients.  a531-60 v53  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Protein-Bound Fucose (PBF) content in sera from normal persons and untreated lepromatous or near lepromatous leprosy patients was measured and statistically analysed. Normal serum gave a mean value of 8.15 +/- 2.7 mg% and the sera of leprosy patients gave a value of 13.3 +/- 3.38%. The fucose contents in the glycoprotein and mucoprotein fractions were determined and found to increase in untreated leprosy patients. The values for ratio of fucose to protein also were found to be high in the sera of patients studied.</p>  a0024-1024