Highlights•Xylans are often underutilized in agricultural and forestry industries.•Diverse
chemistry of heteroxylans brings challenges as well as opportunities.•Enzymatic upgrading …

Xylan, an abundant biopolymer mainly extracted from plants and algae, is commonly studied
for textile, food and biomedical applications. In this review, different approaches to obtain …

A green process for the microwave-assisted hydrothermal selective dissolution and
utilisation of hemicellulose in Phyllostachys heterocycla cv. Pubescens (shortened to …

The delivery of agrochemicals is typically achieved by the spraying of fossil‐based polymer
dispersions, which might accumulate in the soil and increase microplastic pollution. A …

Long residence times, near-neutral pH values, and release triggered by the enzymatic
action of the resident microbiota offer unique opportunities for improved drug delivery in the …

Xylan extracted from corn cobs was used to produce mesalamine-loaded xylan
microparticles (XMP5-ASA) by cross-linking polymerization using a non-hazardous cross …

Background and objectives: Arabinoxylans (AX) can gel and exhibit antioxidant capacity.
Previous studies have demonstrated the potential application of AX microspheres as colon …

Hemicelluloses are non-soluble plant cell wall polysaccharides that can be separated by
alkali or hydrolyzed by dilute acids. Major hemicelluloses are xylan, glucuronoxylan …

In this study, phosphorylated birchwood xylan was produced under alkali conditions using
trisodium trimetaphosphate. Three single-factor experiments were used to explore the …

Natural rubber latex is exceptionally resistant to wear and tear, possess great tensile
strength, elongation and resilience, and has high hydrophobicity and film forming character …