Natural Polysaccharides and Their Biological Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2024 | Viewed by 5792
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
3. National Engineering Research Center of Edible Fungi, Shanghai 201403, China
4. Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201403, China
Interests: novel extraction strategies of polysaccharides; structure elucidation of bioactive metabolites; biological activities; polysaccharide biosynthesis and regulatory mechanisms
Interests: ultrasound; physics; polysaccharide
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Natural polysaccharides (NPs) are a type of natural macromolecular polymer. NPs have been shown to have diverse biological activities depending on their structure or source; these include immunomodulation, antitumor and antioxidant effects, the regulation of lipid metabolism, and intestinal protection. Recognizing the importance of NPs from natural resources and the diverse biological activities of NPs, this Special Issue of Polymers invites contributions that address several aspects of NPs, such as explorations of the physicochemical and structural characteristics of NPs using novel extraction strategies, studies of the biological activities of NPs, research on the mechanism of action of NPs in vitro and in vivo experiments, correlation studies on NP structural improvements and their biological activity, etc. The above list is only indicative and by no means exhaustive; any new and original research articles or review articles on the biological properties of NPs derived from natural sources are welcome. We hope that these contributions will provide references and rationale for the application of NPs in medicine, foods, and cosmetics.
Dr. Henan Zhang
Dr. Lei Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polysaccharide
- extraction methods
- structural characteristics of NPs
- biological activity
- mechanisms of action
- biological applications