Chemical modifications of polysaccharides and their anti-tumor activities

L Xie, M Shen, Y Hong, H Ye, L Huang, J Xie - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
With the rising trend of incidence of cancers, effective therapies are urgently needed to
control human malignancies. However, the chemotherapy drugs currently on the market …

Carboxymethylation of polysaccharides: Synthesis and bioactivities

VP Chakka, T Zhou - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a structurally diverse class of biomolecules with a wide variety of
bioactivities. Natural polysaccharides isolated from plants and fungi are used as raw …

[HTML][HTML] Polysaccharide-based nanomedicines for cancer immunotherapy: A review

Y Zeng, Y Xiang, R Sheng, H Tomás, J Rodrigues… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy is an effective antitumor approach through activating immune
systems to eradicate tumors by immunotherapeutics. However, direct administration of …

Structure, function and food applications of carboxymethylated polysaccharides: A comprehensive review

L Xie, M Shen, Z Wang, J Xie - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Polysaccharides, a major class of biomacromolecules, are known as ideal raw
food supplements for health food due to their few side effects. Meanwhile, they are often …

Synthesis, molecular features and biological activities of modified plant polysaccharides

S Mukherjee, S Jana, S Khawas, J Kicuntod… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Polysaccharides derived from Chinese medicinal herbs: A promising choice of vaccine adjuvants

X Wan, Y Yin, C Zhou, L Hou, Q Cui, X Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adjuvants have been used in vaccines for a long time to promote the body's immune
response, reducing vaccine dosage and production costs. Although many vaccine adjuvants …

The medicinal potential of plants from the genus Plantago (Plantaginaceae)

S Gonçalves, A Romano - Industrial Crops and Products, 2016 - Elsevier
Plantago is a genus comprising more than 200 plant species used extensively all over the
world as functional foods and remedies for a wide range of diseases. This review …

Effects of non-starch polysaccharides on inflammatory bowel disease

Y Nie, Q Lin, F Luo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has increased considerably over the
past few decades. In the present review, we discuss several disadvantages existing in the …

Carboxymethylation of polysaccharide from Cyclocarya paliurus and their characterization and antioxidant properties evaluation

ZJ Wang, JH Xie, MY Shen, W Tang, H Wang… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, three chemically carboxymethyl polysaccharides (CM-CPs) were derived from
Cyclocarya paliurus polysaccharides. The physicochemical properties and antioxidant …

Physicochemical properties, structures, bioactivities and future prospective for polysaccharides from Plantago L.(Plantaginaceae): A review

X Ji, C Hou, X Guo - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2019 - Elsevier
Since ancient times, the herbal plant, Plantago L.(Plantaginaceae) has been proposed to
have medicinal and food benefits. Recent pharmacological and phytochemical studies have …