Fungal and Yeast Cell Wall Polysaccharides—Bioactivities and Practical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, scientific articles and patents have revealed various bioactivities of polysaccharides derived from filamentous fungi and yeast cell walls, including antioxidant, anti-mutagen, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumoral, reduction of blood lipids (including cholesterol) due to reduced intestinal absorption, stimulation of the immune system, and elicitation of plant defence. Such bioactivities add to the existing practical applications of these polysaccharides as feed additives (prebiotics and mycotoxin adsorbents), food additives (emulsifying, thickening, gelling, cryoprotective, and/or encapsulation agents), and wine stabilization (including haze prevention in white wine).

Fungal and yeast cell wall polysaccharides can be recovered from food industry side streams (spent mushroom substrates, spent brewery yeasts, wine lees) or produced in significant quantities using well-known biosynthesis processes, e.g., bakery yeast production on molasses or solid-state fermentation for the production of mushrooms. The high added value of bioproducts made from yeast cell wall polysaccharides is a driver for the continuous development of research and innovation, leading to the practical exploitation of multiple functions of yeast cell wall polysaccharides.

This Special Issue welcomes research papers, reviews, opinion papers, and short communications covering various aspects of the bioactivities and practical applications of yeast cell wall polysaccharides.

Dr. Florin Oancea
Prof. Dr. Philippe Michaud
Dr. Diana Constantinescu-Aruxandei
Guest Editors

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