Schizophyllan: A review on its structure, properties, bioactivities and recent developments

Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-71

  Zhang, Yifeng ^a   Kong, Huiling ^a   Fang, Yapeng ^a,b   Nishinari, Katsuyoshi ^a,c   Phillips, Glyn O ^a,b  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Chain conformation; Nucleic acid carrier; Physico chemical properties; Schizophyllan; Structure

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENTHALPY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GELATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SHEAR RATE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOMETRY;

SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE;

EID: 84882267508     PISSN: 22126198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2013.01.002     Document Type: Review

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