Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

The Complex World of Polysaccharides

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Desiree Nedra Karunaratne
Desiree Nedra Karunaratne

University of Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka

Published31 October 2012

Doi10.5772/2947

ISBN978-953-51-0819-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4266-9

Copyright year2012

Number of pages650

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Is Chitosan a New Panacea? Areas of Application

By Susana P. Miranda Castro and Eva G. Lizárraga Paulín

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3. Mechanisms of O-Antigen Structural Variation of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

By Rosa Eugenia Reyes, Carolina Romo González, Rafael Coria Jiménez, Maribel Ortiz Herrera and Alejandra Aquino Andrade

6,328
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6. Polysaccharides from Larch Biomass

By Natalya Nikolaevna Trofimova, Elena Nikolaevna Medvedeva, Nadezhda Viktorovna Ivanova, Yuriy Alekseevich Malkov and Vasiliy Anatolievich Babkin

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7. Antiviral Levans from Bacillus spp. Isolated from Honey

By Mona A. Esawy, Eman F. Ahmed, Wafaa A. Helmy, Nahla M. Mansour, Waled M. El-Senousy and Mounir M. El-Safty

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8. Lichen Polysaccharides

By Desiree Nedra Karunaratne, R.G.U. Jayalal and V. Karunaratne

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9. The Molecular Structure and Conformational Dynamics of Chitosan Polymers: An Integrated Perspective from Experiments and Computational Simulations

By Richard A. Cunha, Thereza A. Soares, Victor H. Rusu, Frederico J.S. Pontes, Eduardo F. Franca and Roberto D. Lins

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12. Diatom Polysaccharides: Extracellular Production, Isolation and Molecular Characterization

By Ranieri Urbani, Paola Sist, Galja Pletikapić, Tea Mišić Radić, Vesna Svetličić and Vera Žutic

3,157
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13. Exopolysaccharides of the Biofilm Matrix: A Complex Biophysical World

By Pierre Lembre, Cécile Lorentz and Patrick Di Martino

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17. Dietary Fiber and Availability of Nutrients: A Case Study on Yoghurt as a Food Model

By Marina Dello Staffolo, Alicia E. Bevilacqua, María Susana Rodríguez and Liliana Albertengo

4,793
18. Plant Biotechnology for the Development of Design Starches

By María Victoria Busi, Mariana Martín and Diego F. Gomez-Casati

2,314
19. Bioactive Polysaccharides of American Ginseng Panax quinquefolius L. in Modulation of Immune Function: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Characterization

By Edmund M. K. Lui, Chike G. Azike, José A. Guerrero-Analco, Ahmad A. Romeh, Hua Pei, Sherif J. Kaldas, John T. Arnason and Paul A. Charpentier

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20. Polysaccharides from Red Algae: Genesis of a Renaissance

By María Josefina Carlucci, Cecilia Gabriela Mateu, María Carolina Artuso and Luis Alberto Scolaro

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21. 1,3-Beta-Glucans: Drug Delivery and Pharmacology

By Mohit S. Verma and Frank X. Gu

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23. The Chitosan as Dietary Fiber: An in vitro Comparative Study of Interactions with Drug and Nutritional Substances

By Máira Regina Rodrigues, Alexandre de Souza e Silva and Fábio Vieira Lacerda

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