Study on Extraction, Purification and Bioactivities of Plant Polysaccharides
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 5033
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A food ingredient is defined as any substance that is added to foods to exploit its health benefits, and they are widely found in natural plants, animals and microorganisms. An increasing number of in vivo and vitro studies have suggested that oral bioactive polysaccharides can improve anticancer, anti-immune-response, antibacterial, hypoglycemic and antioxidant abilities. Polysaccharides’ molecular structure can be linear or highly branched, and is composed of monosaccharide units with the same (homopolysaccharide) or different (heteropolysaccharide) forms. Structural differences confer distinct physical and chemical properties. In addition, most natural polysaccharides, acting as dietary fiber, can regulate gut microbiota and exhibit an association of gut microbial dysbiosis with prevalent metabolic diseases. Thus, further elucidation of the relationship between the structure and bioactivities of polysaccharides, which have been implicated in diabetes, obesity, hyperuricemia, cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases, is crucially needed.
The Special Issue, entitled ‘Study on Extraction, Purification and Bioactivities of Plant Polysaccharides’, will discuss the latest advances in the structure-function relationship of natural polysaccharides. Both reviews and research papers are welcome.
Dr. Chun Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polysaccharides
- digestion
- fermentation
- structure
- bioactivities
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