Effects of Dietary Polysaccharides and Their Molecular Mechanisms
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbohydrates".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2025) | Viewed by 405
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polysaccharides; starch; dietary fiber; functionality; protein
Interests: dietary polysaccharides; hypoglycemic; hypolipidemic; anti-inflammatory; gut microbiota; functional foods
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Dear Colleagues,
Since the start of this century, an interesting trend has emerged in nutraceutical discovery, namely an understanding of the adsorption mechanism of functional molecules as a strategy to develop health-beneficial nutrients. Dietary polysaccharides have been demonstrated to possess a range of beneficial properties, including antioxidant, tumour-inhibiting, anti-allergic, immunomodulatory, hypoglycaemic, and prebiotic activities. However, the digestion and absorption of polysaccharides are influenced by a multitude of structural factors, including monosaccharide composition, molecular weight, type of glycosidic bond, degree of branching, and their interactions with enzymes, digestive fluids, intestinal epithelial cells, and probiotic surfaces. Therefore, it is of great significance to discover the absorption mechanisms of polysaccharide activity at a molecular level and to elucidate the relationship between these molecular mechanisms and their functionalities.
In this context, we welcome any papers related to this Special Issue in the following aspects:
- Health-promoting functions of new polysaccharides.
- The advanced characterizations and in silico studies on interactions between polysaccharides and cell receptors.
- Gut microbiota and metabonomics.
- The biological roles of polysaccharides in the gut barrier.
Dr. Xiang-Ze Jia
Dr. Chao Li
Dr. Di Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dietary polysaccharides
- mechanisms
- functionality
- gut microbiota
- metabolic pathways
- nutraceuticals
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