Academic Press Bioactive Polysaccharides

Product Description Bioactive Polysaccharides offers a comprehensive review of the structures and bioactivities of bioactive polysaccharides isolated from traditional herbs, fungi, and seaweeds. It describes and discusses specific topics based on the authors' rich experience, including extraction technologies, practical techniques required for purification and fractionation, strategies and skills for elucidating the fine structures, in-vitro and in-vivo protocols, and methodologies for evaluating the specific bioactivities, including immune-modulating activities, anti-cancer activities, anti-oxidant activities, and others. This unique book also discusses partial structure-functionality (bioactivities) relationships based on conformational studies. This comprehensive work can be used as a handbook to explore potential applications in foods, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceutical areas for commercial interests. Review Reviews the structures and bioactivities of polysaccharides with a focus on extraction and fractionation technologies About the Author Dr. Shaoping Nie is a professor at State Key laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University of China. Dr. Nie's research interests are focused on the structure, conformation and bioactivities of bioactive polysaccharides and dietary fibre and the relationship of their structure and bioactivities, also, Dr. Nie worked on developing functional products by using bioactive polysaccharides and dietary fibre from natural products and agricultural products. Dr. Nie' expertise includes extraction, purification of bioactive polysaccharides, and elucidation of polysaccharides structures, confirmation and functional properties by using methylation analysis, NMR, SEM, TEM, MS, light scattering, rheology and molecular simulation techniques, also includes evaluation of bioactivities (immunomodulatory effects, anti-tumor, antidiabetic, antioxidative effects and beneficial effects on intestinal health) of polysaccharides and dietary fibre by using cell cultures and, animal models, and characterization of their signalling pathways and possible molecular mechanisms by using molecular biology techniques.