Biological and Physiological Properties of Pectins
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 5132
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antimicrobials; biomaterials; microbiology; biotechnology; nanomaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research concerning the broad and diverse biological and physiological properties of pectin is flourishing around the world. Studies go from the rediscovery of its antimicrobial activity through its use as a medicinal substance and promising biomaterial in regenerative medicine.
It is now clear that the uses of this heteropolysaccharide will soon go well beyond its use as a texturizing agent in the food industry, where the hydrothermally extracted biopolymer is in high demand as the preferred natural hydrocolloid.
The aforementioned intense research in the life sciences are almost concomitant to those in green chemistry, which now afford pectins that are far less degraded and of higher bioactivity when compared to the commercial pectin extracted from dried citrus peel or apple pomace using mineral acid in hot water. Hence, we believe that a Special Issue collecting openly accessible research articles, reviews, and commentaries devoted to the biological and physiological properties of pectins in a reputed journal such as Molecules is timely and welcome.
We invite colleagues in the life, chemical, and material sciences communities to contribute manuscripts to this themed Special Issue. Authors affiliated with institutions participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program benefit from a reduction in the article processing charge, whereas for authors from low-income and middle-income countries, waivers or discounts will be granted on a case-by-case basis.
With kind regards,
Dr. Alessandro Presentato
Dr. Antonino Scurria
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pectin
- heteropolysaccharide
- pectin in medicine
- pectin bioactivity
- natural drugs
- natural antimicrobials
- biomaterials
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