Exopolysaccharides of lactic acid bacteria: Structure, bioactivity and associations: A review

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 207, Issue , 2019, Pages 317-332

  Zhou, Yang ^a   Cui, Yanhua ^a   Qu, Xiaojun ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wood Science Institute of Heilongjiang   (China)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Biosynthesis; Exopolysaccharide; Mechanism; Structure; Structure to function association

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LACTIC ACID; MECHANISMS; MEDICINE; METABOLITES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; CHOLESTEROL LOWERING; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MULTIPLE STRUCTURES; NEW APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY;

BIOACTIVITY;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLALES; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLALES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85057823281     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.11.093     Document Type: Review

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