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Polysaccharides as Antioxidant
Polysaccharides have emerged as an important class of natural antioxidants, attracting considerable interest due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and broad…
Polysaccharides as Immunomodulatory and Immunostimulatory Agents
Polysaccharides are among the most extensively studied natural biomolecules with immunomodulatory and immunostimulant activities, owing to their structural diversity, biocompatibility,…
Major Polysaccharides and Their Pharmacological Activities
Polysaccharide Source Key Biological/Pharmacological Activities β-Glucan Fungi (e.g., mushrooms), yeast, cereals (oats, barley) Immunomodulatory (macrophage/lymphocyte activation), anticancer, anti-inflammatory, cholesterol-lowering Fucoidan…
Biological and Pharmacological Activities of Polysaccharides
Polysaccharides, long-chain carbohydrates composed of monosaccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds, are among the most structurally diverse and functionally important…
Heparin
Heparin is a naturally occurring, highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) that plays a central role in anticoagulation and the regulation of…
Polysaccharide Vaccine
Polysaccharide vaccines are a class of vaccines that use purified polysaccharides from the outer capsules of bacteria as antigens to…
Polyelectrolyte
Polyelectrolytes are a class of polymers that carry a high density of ionizable groups along their backbone, which can dissociate…
Heteropolysaccharide
Heteropolysaccharides (also called heteroglycans) are complex carbohydrates composed of two or more different types of monosaccharides covalently linked through glycosidic…
Homopolysaccharide
Homopolysaccharides are a class of complex carbohydrates composed of repeating units of a single type of monosaccharide linked together through…
Hydrogel
Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic polymer networks capable of absorbing and retaining large amounts of water or biological fluids while maintaining…
Lipid
Lipids are a diverse group of naturally occurring organic compounds that are primarily hydrophobic or amphipathic in nature. They include…
Galactooligosaccharide
Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) are non-digestible carbohydrates belonging to the family of prebiotic oligosaccharides. They are typically composed of 2–8 galactose residues…
Fructooligosaccharide
Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are a class of short-chain carbohydrates composed of fructose units linked together, often with a terminal glucose residue….
Verbascose
Verbascose is a plant-derived oligosaccharide belonging to the raffinose family of oligosaccharides (RFOs). It is a pentasaccharide with the molecular…
Stachyose
Stachyose is a naturally occurring tetrasaccharide with the molecular formula C₂₄H₄₂O₂₁. It belongs to the family of raffinose-series oligosaccharides (RFOs)…