Abstract Valorization of Fruit and Vegetable Wastes (FVW) is challenging owing to logistic-
related problems, as well as to their perishable nature and heterogeneity, among other …

Various applications of biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) in geotechnical engineering
have been implemented in recent years, including dust control, soil strengthening and …

Natural polysaccharides have an important role in pharmaceutical industries and are
considered a huge source and importance. Polysaccharides are biopolymers characterized …

β-glucans are complex polysaccharides that are found in several plants and foods, including
mushrooms. β-glucans display an array of potentially therapeutic properties. β-glucans have …

Fruit and vegetable wastes derived from the agri-food industry are generated in large
amounts and they can cause great environmental contamination because they have a high …

Curdlan is a bacterial polysaccharide that has been of significant recent interest due to its
interesting and valuable rheological properties and its inherent bioactivity. The simple (1→ …

Curdlan–a homopolysaccharide is comprised of glucose using β-1, 3-glycosidic bond and
produced by different types of microorganisms as exopolysaccharide. Curdlan gel is stable …

Over the last few years, more and more papers have been devoted to phosphorus-
containing polymers, mainly due to their fire resistance, excellent chelating and metal …

As our understanding of host gut microbiome increases, research interests in the fields of
prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics are growing rapidly. Currently, the majority of prebiotics …

Curdlan, a high molecular weight 1, 3-β-D-glucan, is a natural biomaterial that has shown
practical applications in food industry as a gelling agent and texture modifier …