Bioactive Polysaccharides from Seaweeds

Dear Colleagues,

Marine seaweeds are considered to be an excellent source of high-value biologically active molecules thanks to their abundance and the advantage of their environmentally friendly cultivation processes. Among them, polysaccharides have shown many industrial applications as food texturizers and biological activators. These phycocolloids (hydrocolloids), are substances capable of modifying the rheological properties of the aqueous solutions that contain them. They can thus modify the flow properties of water, being classified as thickeners, gelling agents and finally stabilizers (limiting flocculation, flotation, decantation or coalescence of particles in a liquid medium). Algal polysaccharides are commonly used as texturing agents in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

This Special Issue will include recent advances in the field of algae polysaccharides with potential for biomedical, food or biotechnological applications. Papers describing their structural, physicochemical, biological and functional properties, as well as the structure-function-application relationship, are encouraged.

Dr. Faiez Hentati
Dr. Laurent Vandanjon
Guest Editors

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