Polysaccharides

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Polysaccharides is written by Bhasha Sharma and published by CRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1003800432 (ISBN 10) and 9781003800439 (ISBN 13).

Polysaccharides offer unique and valuable functional properties, persisting in technological importance and poised to grow more critical due to sustainability demands and emerging applications in medical and life sciences. This book presents comprehensive information about carbohydrate polymers, providing readers with an enhanced appreciation of carbohydrate structure and function, a new enzyme library, and extraction strategies that will help to advance a number of exciting domains of research, including genomics, proteomics, chemical synthesis, materials science, and engineering. Key Features Details the source, production, structures, properties, and current and potential applications of polysaccharides Discusses general strategies of isolation, separation, and characterization of polysaccharides Describes botanical, algal, animal, and microbial sources of polysaccharides Demonstrates the importance of carbohydrates in new lead generation Highlights the range of possibilities for polysaccharides to make real-world impact