An Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology / Edition 2

by Stephen E. Harding, Michael P. Tombs, Gary G. Adams, Berit Smestad Paulsen, Kari Tvete Inngjerdingen

Overview

Polysaccharides and related high molecular weight glycans are hugely diverse with wide application in Biotechnology and great opportunities for further exploitation. An Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology – a second edition of the popular original text by Tombs and Harding – introduces students, researchers, clinicians and industrialists to the properties of some of the key materials involved, how these are applied, some of the economic factors concerning their production and how they are characterized for regulatory purposes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482246971
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/08/2017
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen E. Harding, Michael P. Tombs, Gary G. Adams, Berit Smestad Paulsen, Kari Tvete Inngjerdingen and Hilde Barsett

Table of Contents

Polysaccharides and their Potential for Biotechnology. Structural Polysaccharides. Storage Polysaccharides: Starch and Fructans. Marine Polysaccharides. Some Bacterial and Synthetic Polysaccharides. Vaccines, Encapsulation, Bioactivity. Regulatory Issues. Glycans. Scaffolding. Modern Applications.

Editorial Reviews

Discusses structural, storage, marine, bacterial, and synthetic polysaccharides in terms of the basic chemistry, applications in industrial processes, the biosynthetic pathways, opportunities for the modification of molecular structures, the ways in which these structures can be used to enhance applications, and modifications to the source crops. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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