Chitosan the second most abundant next to cellulose, naturally occurring amino
polysaccharide, derived as a deacetylated form of chitin. Its nontoxic, biocompatible …

In the chitin bibliography, a major reference is the book written by Richards in 1951
“primarily for entomologists and other invertebrate zoologists” but also, in the author's hope …

Abstract Sodium alginate (SA)/poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) fibrous mats were prepared by
electrospinning technique. ZnO nanoparticles of size∼ 160 nm was synthesized and …

Alginates are established among the most versatile biopolymers, used in a wide range of
applications. The conventional use of alginate as an excipient in drug products generally …

The enormous variety of polysaccharides that can be extracted from marine plants and
animal organisms or produced by marine bacteria means that the field of marine …

Chitosan, a natural polysaccharide, is being widely used as a pharmaceutical excipient. It is
obtained by the partial deacetylation of chitin, the second most abundant natural polymer …

Food allergy is a common and often fatal disease with no effective treatment. We describe
here a new immunoprophylactic strategy using oral allergen-gene immunization to modulate …

Rapid developments in the field of molecular biology and gene technology resulted in
generation of many macromolecular drugs including peptides, proteins, polysaccharides …

The aim of this review is to give an insight into the many potential applications of chitosan as
a pharmaceutical drug carrier. The first part of this review concerns the principal uses of …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …