Seaweed Polysaccharides

Isolation, Biological and Biomedical Applications
Herausgeber: Venkatesan, Jayachandran; Kim, Se-Kwon; Anil, Sukumaran

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Produktbeschreibung

Seaweed Polysaccharides: Isolation, Biological, and Biomedical Applications examines the isolation and characterization of algal biopolymers, including a range of new biological and biomedical applications. In recent years, significant developments have been made in algae-based polymers (commonly called polysaccharides), and in biomedical applications such as drug delivery, wound dressings, and tissue engineering. Demand for algae-based polymers is increasing and represent a potential-very inexpensive-resource for these applications. The structure and chemical modification of algal polymers are covered, as well as the biological properties of these materials - including antithrombic, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, and antiviral aspects. Toxicity of algal biopolymers is also covered. Finally, the book introduces and explains real world applications of algal-based biopolymers in biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, drug delivery, and biosensors. This is the first book to cover the extraction techniques, biomedical applications, and the economic perspective of seaweed polysaccharides. It is an essential text for researchers and industry professionals looking to work with this renewable resource.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 858g
• ISBN-13: 9780128098165
• ISBN-10: 0128098163
• Artikelnr.: 47218173

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to algae based biopolymers 2. Extraction of alginates from
laminaria digitate by reactive extrusion method 3. Alginate extraction by
conventional methods 4. Efficient extraction of agarose from red algae
using ionic liquid 5. Microwave-assisted extraction of sulfated
polysaccharides (fucoidan) from brown seaweed 6. Ultrasonic-assisted
extraction of carrageenan 7. Extraction and characterization of ulvan from
algae 8. Isolation and characterization of Laminarin from algae 9. Chemical
modification of alginate 10. Methods in Alginate Hydrogels production 11.
Modification of Carrageenan 12. Chemical modification of fucoidan 13.
Biological activity of fucoidan 14. Anticancer effect of fucoidan 15.
Biological activity of carrageenan 16. Anticancer and Cancer Preventive
Properties of Carrageenan 17. Toxicity study of ulvan 18. Inhibition of
heparanase activity and tumor metastasis by laminarin sulfate 19. Alginate
in cancer drug delivery 20. Alginate in protein Delivery 21. Alginate in
wound Dressing 22. Alginate in tissue engineering 23. Alginate in biosensor
and MRI 24. Role of alginate in Dentistry 25. Biomedical application of
fucoidan 27. Usage of Carrageenan in drug release 28. Ulvan membranes as
new biomaterials for drug delivery 29. Ulvan scaffolds in tissue
engineering