Chemical structural and chain conformational characterization of some bioactive polysaccharides isolated from natural sources

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-361

  Yang, Liqun ^a   Zhang, Li Ming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Chain conformation; Chemical structure; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AFM; ANTI TUMORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS; ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIES; BIOACTIVE POLYSACCHARIDES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHAIN CONFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISMS; DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPIES; FTIR; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES; LIQUID STATE; NATURAL SOURCES; NMR SPECTROSCOPIES; SINGLE-MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPIES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERINGS; TWO DIMENSIONS;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 62849100630     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.12.015     Document Type: Review

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