Nanomedicine and nano delivery systems are a relatively new but rapidly developing
science where materials in the nanoscale range are employed to serve as means of …

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are an abundant and important group of compounds
that can be secreted by bacteria, fungi and algae. The biotechnological production of these …

Glucansucrases are extracellular enzymes that synthesize a wide variety of α-glucan
polymers and oligosaccharides, such as dextran. These carbohydrates have found …

Recent research in the area of importance of microbes has revealed the immense industrial
potential of exopolysaccharides and their derivative oligosaccharides from lactic acid …

Nanoparticles (NPs) are novel drug delivery systems that have been attracting more and
more attention in recent years, and have been used for the treatment of cancer, infection …

Introduction: Dextran is a family of natural polysaccharides that is widely under investigation
for use as polymeric carriers in novel drug delivery systems. The optimal drug delivery (and …

Consolidating the most recent information on polysaccharides and the efficient use of
seafood wastes, this book discusses applications of marine polysaccharides in food product …

Currently, most of the polysaccharide fractions are purified using the methods usually limited
to the laboratory scale or easily raising question of residual reagent, which may obstruct the …

Herein, novel biodegradable, stimuli responsive, chemically cross-linked and porous
polyacrylamide/dextran (PAM/D) nanohydrogels hybrid composites are synthesized by in …

Exopolymeric substances (EPS) are important for biofilm formation and their chemical
composition may influence biofilm properties. To explore these relationships the chemical …