Properties, chemistry, and applications of the bioactive polysaccharide curdlan

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1079-1096

  Zhang, Ruoran ^a   Edgar, Kevin J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDES; BIOACTIVE POLYSACCHARIDES; GROWING BODIES; NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDE; REGIOSELECTIVE MODIFICATION; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

BETA GLUCAN; CURDLAN; AMINE OXIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GEL; TEMPO;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DERIVATIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; OXIDATION; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SULFATION; SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLICK CHEMISTRY; GEL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOLUBILITY;

BETA-GLUCANS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLICK CHEMISTRY; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84898614667     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm500038g     Document Type: Review

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