Carbohydrates - The renewable raw materials of high biotechnological value

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-173

  Ramesh, Honnavally P ^a   Tharanathan, Rudrapatnam N ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Carbohydrates; Functions; Glucans; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; DISEASES; FOOD PRODUCTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMOLECULES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALGINIC ACID; ARABINOGALACTAN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CARRAGEENAN; CELLULOSE; DEXTRIN; ETHYL CELLULOSE; GALACTOMANNAN; GANGLIOSIDE; GLUCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GUAR GUM; GUM ARABIC; HEMICELLULOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; LAMINARAN; LENTINAN; MDL 73945; NE 0080; PACHYMARAN; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; SCLEROGLUCAN; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN; STARCH; THICKENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHAN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; CEREAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFORMATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLYCOBIOLOGY; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ALGAE; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0037868214     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713609312     Document Type: Review

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