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Title

Polysaccharides : structural diversity and functional versatility / edited by Severian Dumitriu.

Publication

New York : Marcel Dekker, c1998.

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Additional Authors

Dumitriu, Severian, 1939-

Description

xiii, 1147 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subjects

• Polysaccharides > Biotechnology
• Polysaccharides > Structure
• Microbial polysaccharides

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Progress in structural characterization of functional polysaccharides / Kanji Kajiwara and Takeaki Miyamoto -- Supramolecular structure of polysaccharides / Peter Zugenmaier -- X-ray diffraction study of polysaccharides / Kozo Ogawa and Toshifumi Yui -- Hydrogen bonds in cellulose and cellulose derivatives / Tetsuo Kondo -- Computer modeling of polysaccharide-polysaccharide interactions / Igor Tvaroska and François R. Taravel -- Bacterial polysaccharides related to mammalian structures / Klaus Jann and Barbara Jann -- Bacterial polysaccharides: components / Bengt Lindberg --Screening of polysaccharide-producing microorganisms, factors influencing the production, and recovery of microbial polysaccharides / André Morin -- Hemicelluloses: structure and properties / Valentin I. Popa and Iuliana Spiridon -- Characterization and properties of hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan) / Nadine Berriaud, Michel Milas, and Marguerite Rinaudo -- Agar / Tetsujiro Matsuhashi -- Pectin / Claus Rolin, Beinta U. Nielsen, and Poul-E. Glahn -- Macromolecular properties of xanthan / Bjørn T. Stokke, Bjørn E. Christensen, and Olav Smidsrød -- Inclusion complexes of the cyclodextrins / Stephen F. Lincoln and Christopher J. Easton -- Synthetic glycopolymers: new tools for glycobiology / Shin-Ichiro Nishimura and Yuan C. Lee -- Stereoselective syntheses using carbohydrates as carriers of chiral information / Horst Kunz, Armin Hofmeister, and Björn Gläser -- Structural and functional versatility of chitins / Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli and Barbara Muzzarelli -- Macromolecular complexes of chitosan / Naoji Kubota and Yasuo Kikuchi -- Polysaccharides as support for enzyme and cell immobilization / Severian Dumitriu and Esteban Chornet -- Bioencapsulation of living cells by entrapment in polysaccharide gels / Jean-Noël Barbotin and Jose Edmundo Nava Saucedo -- Hydrothermal degradation and fractionation of saccharides and polysaccharides / Ortwin Bobleter -- Conversion of cellulosic feedstocks into useful products / John F. Kennedy, Charles J. Knill, and David W. Taylor -- Polysaccharide surfactants: structure, synthesis, and surface-active properties / Roger E. Marchant, Mark Ruegsegger, and Yongxing Qiu -- Structures and properties of membranes from polysaccharide derivatives / Tadashi Uragami -- Cellulose derivatives as liquid-crystalline phase / Shinichi Suto -- Enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicelluloses and cellulose / Valentin I. Popa -- Acid hydrolysis of hemicelluloses and cellulose: theory and applications / Nicolas Abatzoglou and Esteban Chornet -- Polysaccharides in peat: biotechnological applications / Antonio M. Martin and K.D. Arunachalam -- Polysaccharides from biomass via thermomechanical process / Daniel Montané ... [et al.] -- Surface modification of polysaccharides under cold plasma conditions / Ferencz Denes and Raymond A. Young.

Call Number

JSF 99-452

ISBN

0824701275 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98016717

OCLC

38765114

Title

Polysaccharides : structural diversity and functional versatility / edited by Severian Dumitriu.

Imprint

New York : Marcel Dekker, c1998.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Dumitriu, Severian, 1939-

Research Call Number

JSF 99-452