Abstract
We prepared the antibody specific against plant xyloglucan and applied it to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in order to estimate xyloglucan contents in several vegetables. In this experiment, xyloglucan was detected in the 24% aqueous potassium hydroxide-soluble fractions of tomato, cabbage, lettuce, and eggplant. The xyloglucan contents of these vegetables were estimated to be 1.4 mg, 54μg, 14μg, and 4μg per one hundred grams of their edible portions, respectively, using tamarind xyloglucan as a standard xyloglucan.
