Advances on Bioactive Polysaccharides from Medicinal Plants

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages S60-S84

  Xie, Jian Hua ^a   Jin, Ming Liang ^b   Morris, Gordon A ^c   Zha, Xue Qiang ^d   Chen, Han Qing ^d   Yi, Yang ^e   Li, Jing En ^a,f   Wang, Zhi Jun ^a   Gao, Jie ^d   Nie, Shao Ping ^a   Shang, Peng ^b   Xie, Ming Yong ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biological activities; chemical structure; Medicinal plants; physicochemical properties; polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ALOE BARBADENSIS MILLERS; ANTICOAGULANT ACTIVITIES; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BIOACTIVE POLYSACCHARIDES; IMMUNOMODULATORY ACTIVITIES; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

BIOACTIVITY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 84978148187     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1069255     Document Type: Article

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