Abstract: A method of removing serum albumin from blood serum or plasma includes contacting the blood serum or plasma with a sugar-binding protein such as a lectin (e.g., Concanavalin A or wheat germ agglutinin) immobilized on an insoluble support such as a porous bead (e.g., agarose). The method may be practiced by immobilizing a sugar-binding protein on an insoluble support, preparing blood serum or plasma for contacting with the insoluble support having the sugar-binding protein immobilized thereon, contacting the prepared blood serum or plasma with the insoluble support having the sugar-binding protein immobilized thereon to absorb glycosylated proteins from the blood serum or plasma leaving an unbound fraction containing serum albumin, and differentially eluting glycosylated proteins with different sugars from the insoluble support contacted with the blood serum or plasma.