in Medical Application 28.3 Polysaccharides in Cosmetic Application 28.4 Polysaccharides in Battery Components 28.5 Polysaccharides in Paper Manufacture 28.6 Conclusion References
33 29 Applications of Polysaccharides in Controlled Release Drug Delivery System 29.1 Introduction 29.2 Polysaccharides From Plant Sources and Their Derivatives 29.3 Gums 29.4 Polysaccharides From Algal Sources 29.5 Polysaccharides From Fungal Sources 29.6 Polysaccharides From Animals Sources and Their Derivatives 29.7 Polysaccharides From Microorganisms References
34 30 Applications of Polysaccharides in Nutrition and Medicine 30.1 Introduction 30.2 Sources of Polysaccharides 30.3 Role of Polysaccharides in Nutrition 30.4 Biomedical Applications of Polysaccharides 30.5 Conclusion References
35 31 Synthetic Polysaccharide-Based Vaccines: Progress and Achievements 31.1 A Brief History of Vaccination 31.2 The Leverage of Synthetic Polysaccharide-Based Vaccines Over Natural Polysaccharide-Based Vaccines 31.3 The Principles of Synthetic Polysaccharide-Based Vaccines 31.4 The Opportunities and Prospects of Synthetic Polysaccharide-Based Vaccine Technologies References
36 32 Polysaccharides Derived From Natural Sources: A Panacea to Health and Nutritional Challenges 32.1 Introduction 32.2 Different Types of Polysaccharides Derived From Different Natural Sources 32.3 Production, Extraction and Purification of Polysaccharides 32.4 Specific Examples of Polysaccharides and Their Various Applications in Nutrition and Medicine 32.5 Conclusion and Recommendation to Knowledge References
37 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Process for obtaining mucilaginous gel, polysaccharide fraction, oligo...Table 1.2 Methods of chemical characterization of mucilaginous gel and its deriv...
2 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Types, sources, monomers, and linkages found in common polysaccharides...
3 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Composition of fucoidans from different seaweed species.
4 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Classification of the taxa of agarophytes [9].Table 5.2 Types of different agars, their applications and their respective agar...Table 5.3 Region-wise global agar applications [31].Table 5.4 Different types of agar medium with respective uses and description.
5 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Structures of selected chitosan derivatives.Table 7.2 Applications of carboxymethyl chitosan derivatives in bone marrow appl...Table 7.3 Antimicrobial applications of auaternized ammonium chitosan.Table 7.4 Chitosan based derivatives for encapsulation of nutrients.
6 Chapter 8Table 8.1 The global estimate of the three polysaccharides (Agar, Alginates, Car...
7 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Rheological results of the food systems containing salep.Table 9.2 The methods to separate polysaccharides or increase/isolate glucomanna...
8 Chapter 10Table 10.1 The specifications for various food grade exudate tree gums as per Bu...Table 10.2 The other minor exudate gums produced by trees belonging to different...
9 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Natural resources from different origins and the content, in wt%, of ...Table 11.2 Cellulose and cellulose derivatives used in building products.
10 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Botanical sources of starch and their corresponding amylose/amylopect...
11 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Different features of important members of polysaccharide family [8].Table 13.2 Cl of celluloses determined by four different methods by the authors.Table 13.3 Unit cell symmetry and dimension of cellulose polvmorphs.
12 Chapter 14Table 14.1 The different types of biomaterials/polymers employed in tissue engin...
13 Chapter 15Table 15.1 Various polysaccharides and their solubility in water.
14 Chapter 16Table 16.1 The content, mass %, of components in plant cellulose and its crystal...Table 16.2 Residual content of BCC impurities (%) after each purification stage ...Table 16.3 Specific capacitance of different types of carbon-based electrodes (b...
15 Chapter 19Table 19.1 Various types of alginate-based film for wound dressing materials.Table 19.2 Various types of alginate-based hydrogels and fibres for wound dressi...Table 19.3 Alginate-based adsorbents for ion removal from water.
16 Chapter 20Table 20.1 Typical examples of marine microorganisms that produce polysaccharide...
17 Chapter 22Table 22.1 Different types of cancers and polysaccharides studies for their anti...
18 Chapter 23Table 23.1 Characteristics of polysaccharide-based materials extracted from plan...Table 23.2 Characteristics of polysaccharide-based materials synthesized by micr...
19 Chapter 26Table 26.1 Examples of polysaccharides [4].Table 26.2 Functions of different polysaccharides.Table 26.3 Synthesis approaches and properties of different inorganic fillers [2...
20 Chapter 28Table 28.1 Example of polysaccharides derivatives.Table 28.2 List of patents for drug delivery, wound dressing and tissue engineer...Table 28.3 List of patents for cosmetic application.
21 Chapter 32Table 32.1 Polysaccharides from different natural sources.Table 32.2 The naturally occurring herbal polysaccharides.Table 32.3 Animal