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

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 Polysaccharide-Based Polymeric Gels: Structure, Properties, and Applications
Chapter 2 Environmental Aspects, Recycling, and Sustainability of Polysaccharides
Chapter 3 Synthetic Polysaccharides: Adored, Deplored and Ubiquitous
Chapter 4 Design and Structure of Polysaccharide-Based Nanoparticles: State of the Art
Chapter 5 Polysaccharides as Adhesive: Sweet Solutions to Sticky Situations
Chapter 6 Carbohydrate-Based Therapeutics: Evolution from Wellness Pursuit to Medical Treatment
Chapter 7 Starch-Based Advanced Materials and Their Applications
Chapter 8 Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives to Proffer New Functional Materials
Chapter 9 Glucans: Safe-by-Design and Applications
Chapter 10 Polysaccharides in Sensors and Actuators
Chapter 11 Polysaccharide Applications in Functional Textiles and Textile Wastewater Treatment
Chapter 12 Alginate-Based Nanocomposites for Smart Technology of Food Packaging
Chapter 13 Polysaccharide-Based Adsorbents for Water Treatment
Chapter 14 Polysaccharides in Energy Storage
Chapter 15 Polysaccharides for Agricultural Applications: A Growing Presence on the Farms
Chapter 16 Polysaccharide-Based Fluorescent Materials for Sensing and Security Applications
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