Binding capacity of Con A Sepharose lectin (A) vs. Con A silica-based lectin (B). Conditions: Columns, Con A Sepharose (1 mm × 50 mm, 10 μm, 1000 Å) (A) and silica-based Con A lectin with 60 mg Con A/g silica (1 mm × 50 mm, 10 μm, 1000 Å) (B); buffers: loading buffer, 10 mM Tris/HCl (pH 7.4), 0.5 M sodium chloride, 1 mM calcium chloride, 1 mM manganese chloride, 1 mM magnesium chloride, 0.02% sodium azide; elution buffer, the same as the loading buffer containing 0.1 M methyl- α-d-mannoside; flow-rate, 50 μL/min; 50 μg injected; UV detection at 280 nm.