Fountoulakis M, Juranville J F
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Pharmaceutical Research-New Technologies, Department of Biology, Basel, Switzerland.
J Biochem Biophys Methods. 1993 Sep;27(2):127-32. doi: 10.1016/0165-022x(93)90056-t.
Affinity chromatography on Concanavalin A-Sepharose is widely used for purification of glycoproteins carrying mannose and glucose oligosaccharide moieties. High concentrations of chaotropes elute Concanavalin A from the gel matrix and significantly reduce the binding capacity of the column.