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Polysaccharide degradation by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases
Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2019 The discovery of oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds by enzymes currently known as lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) has had a major impact on our current understanding of the enzymatic conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides such as chitin and cellulose.
Forsberg, Zarah +8 more
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Food Frontiers, 2023 Polysaccharides are typically resistant to digestion in the gastrointestinal tract and are instead degraded by gut microbiota in the colon. As such, they are commonly employed as carriers for colon‐targeted drugs, with the potential to regulate gut ...
Shanshan Zhang +7 more
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The parallel lives of polysaccharides in food and pharmaceutical formulations [PDF]
, 2015 The present opinion article discusses how polysaccharide structures can be used in both food and pharmaceutical formulations. We distinguish two regions depending on moisture content where polysaccharides form structures with distinct functional ...
Kontogiorgos, Vassilis +2 more
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Antioxidant activity of water-soluble polysaccharide extracted from Eucalyptus cultivated in Lebanon
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2017 Objective: To extract and identify the chemical composition of the polysaccharide isolated from the Eucalyptus cultivated in Lebanon and to evaluate its antioxidant activity. Materials: The water-soluble polysaccharide was isolated from Eucalyptus leaves,
Marianne Haddad +5 more
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Automated glycan assembly of arabinomannan oligosaccharides from Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2019 Arabinomannan (AM) polysaccharides are clinical biomarkers for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infections due to their roles in the interaction with host cells and interference with macrophage activation.
Bharate, Priya +3 more
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Marine Polysaccharides for Wound Dressings Application: An Overview
Pharmaceutics, 2021 Wound dressings have become a crucial treatment for wound healing due to their convenience, low cost, and prolonged wound management. As cutting-edge biomaterials, marine polysaccharides are divided from most marine organisms.
Shenghai Shen +3 more
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Effect of cytostatic drug presence on extracellular polymeric substances formation in municipal wastewater treated by membrane bioreactor [PDF]
, 2010 The effect of the cyclophosphamide and its mean metabolites on extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) formation was investigated. Two lab-scale membrane bioreactors were followed in parallel (one with the cytostatic drugs, the second without ...
Albasi, Claire +5 more
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Sulfated polysaccharides effectively inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in vitro
Cell Discovery, 2020 Dear Editor, COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has now spread worldwide with catastrophic human and economic impacts and currently has infected over 10 million people and killed over 500,000.
Paul S. Kwon +8 more
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Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2021 Nowadays, consumers are increasingly aware of the relationship between diet and health, showing a greater preference of products from natural origin. In the last decade, seaweeds have outlined as one of the natural sources with more potential to obtain ...
P. Otero +11 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common chronic liver disease and is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Due to its complex pathophysiology, there is currently no approved therapy.
Yu-long Hu +18 more
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