Polysaccharides: Bioactivity and Biotechnology (Hardcover, 2015)

Part I Polysaccharides: Occurrence, Structure, Distribution and Biotechnology.- Polysaccharides: an introduction (overview).- Bacterial polysaccharides.- Fungal polysaccharides.- Polysaccharides from lower plants.- Polysaccharides from higher plants.- Biosynthesis of polysaccharides.- Life cycle assessment of polysaccharide materials.- Polysaccharides: applications in biotechnology.- Polysaccharides production by submerged fermentation.- Fed-batch fermentation of Tuber melanosporum for the hyperproduction of mycelia and bioactive tuber polysaccharides.- Production of polysaccharide from Agaricus subrufescens Peck on solid-state fermentation.- In vitro fermentation and prebiotic potential of novel low molecular weight polysaccharides derived from agar and alginate seaweeds.- Biopolymers from marine prokaryotes.- Carrageenan biotechnology.- Dextrans : biotechnology and applications.- Polysaccharide nanocrystals in future functional nanomaterials.- Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts.- Polysaccharide complexes with metal cations: Structure and application.- Modified gums: Approaches and applications in drug delivery.- Part II Methods.- Method for deproteinization of bioactive polysaccharides.- Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of water-soluble components and polysaccharides from medicinal fungi.- Quantification of polysaccharides in red wines and effect of wine-making techniques.- Extraction methods for sulfated polysaccharides from brown seaweeds.- Microwave synthesized polysaccharide copolymers.- Analytical methods for lignocellulosic biomass structural polysaccharides.- Polysaccharides as chiral selectors in capillary electrophoresis.- Turning polysaccharides into new hydrophobic materials.- Radiation processing of hydrogel and polysaccharide.- Size-exclusion chromatography of polysaccharides.- Surface properties of polysaccharides.- Polysaccharide based biopolymers as an ecofriendly alternative for synthetic polymers.- NMR spectroscopy of polysaccharide derivatives and their molecular structure.- Biological analysis of hetero-oligosaccharides.- Mass spectrometric characterization of oligo- and polysaccharides and their derivatives.- Part III Bioactive Polysaccharides.- Polysaccharides: applications in biology and biotechnology.- Polysaccharides: applications in medicine.- Polysaccharide -polypeptide conjugates and immunostimulant properties.- Bioactive polysaccharide from Ganoderma.- Bioactive polysaccharide of Aloe.- Extraction, structure and bioactivities of the polysaccharides from fructus.- Polysaccharides from medicinal mushrooms and their antitumor activities.- Polysaccharides from the fungus Scleroderma.- Antioxidant activities of polysaccharides from the endophytic fungus Berk.- Algal polysaccharides and health.- Sulfated polysaccharides (fucose rich) from brown seaweeds and biological activities.- Anticancer polysaccharides from natural source or mushroom.- Modified polysaccharides as drug delivery.- Natural polysaccharide hydrogels to control drug release.- Plant polysaccharides and their biological activities.- Tea polysaccharides and their bioactivities.- Chitosan-based polysaccharide biomaterials.- Gut microbia, host health and polysaccharides.- Marine polysaccharide matrices for encapsulation of vaccines in aquaculture.- Part IV Polysaccharides as Food.- Polysaccharides: structural (pectins, cellulose, xylans, gum, gumexudates, glycosamines).- Polysaccharides: storage (starch, glycogens, fructans, guar gum, minor polysaccharides).- Marine Polysaccharides (alginate and brown sea weeds, carrageenan and red sea weeds, agar, agarose, chitosan and chitin derivatives).- Bacterial and synthetic polysaccharides (dextrans, cyclodextrins, gellans, xanthan, pullulan).- Extracellular polysaccharides of microorganisms.- Pectin - An emerging new bioactive food polysaccharide.- Polysaccharides from boat-fruited Sterculia seeds/plant.- Polysaccharides from Zizyphus.- Cell wall polysaccharides