Plant Polysaccharides
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2019) | Viewed by 11898
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polysaccharide characterization and functionality; novel polysccharides from New Zealand native plants, lactic acid bacteria, mushroom, seeds, etc.; polysaccharide interactions with proteins and starches; food systems with satiety function; dairy foods, e.g., yoghurt and ice cream
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Dear Colleagues,
Polysaccharides are complex long-chain molecules that are made up of simple sugar molecules connected by glycosidic linkages. In nature, non-starch polysaccharides primarily provide structure to plants among other physiological functions. The macromolecular structure of polysaccharides is highly complex depending on its botanical origin. Polysaccharides differ largely in their types of glycosidic linkages, monosaccharide composition, degree of polymerization, and functional groups. These molecular characteristics contribute to the functionality of polysaccharides. Polysaccharides have found broad applications in different industries ranging from food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and packaging, to petrochemical. In food applications, polysaccharides are used as hydrocolloids, mainly for their thickening, gelling, or stabilising properties. However, it is increasingly apparent that these biopolymers play an important role in contributing to the supramolecular structures of foods, influencing both sensorial and nutritional properties of foods. Uncovering polysaccharides from diversified novel sources is essential, not only for their unique functionalities but also for sustainability.
This Special Issue invites authors from multi-disciplinary fields to submit original research and review articles focusing on plant polysaccharides from novel and existing sources, isolation, characterization methods, and their roles in conferring unique physical functional properties in various applications. Research on the application of polysaccharides in the assembly of food structures with the aim of developing food products with improved health and nutrition will be of great interest for this Special Issue.
Dr. Kelvin Kim Tha Goh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- novel polysaccharide
- non-starch polysaccharide
- extraction
- characterization
- interactions
- biopolymers
- food structure
- thickeners
- gels
- emulsions
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