Stability of complex carbohydrate structures
Subtitle: biofuels, foods, vaccines and shipwrecks
By: edited by Stephen E. Harding
Series: Special publication -- no. 341
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781849735636
Subjects: Stability; Carbohydrates
Description: Complex carbohydrates such as high molecular weight polysaccharides like starch and cellulose, are well known for their importance in foodstuffs, paper and wood, but their importance extends far beyond that into the biopharmaceutical, healthcare, oil and printing industries. This book, based on a discussion meeting organised by RSC Biotechnology and Carbohydrate Groups, brings together leading experts from the polysaccharide and glycoconjugate communities to review, discuss and assess in detail one specific topic, namely the importance of the stability and degradation of carbohydrate structures. Coverage includes applications as diverse as food, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, biofuels and preservation of Viking boats. Providing essential reading for anyone interested in these structures and the diversity of their applications, it will appeal to a broad, multidisciplinary group from industry, academia and research institutions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Carbohydrates: first cousins of water / F. Franks; title: Enzymatic stability of starches / C.-L. Lin and R. F. Tester; title: Enzymatic degradation of cell wall polysaccharides / G.A. Tucker; title: Functional components and mechanisms of action of 'dietary fibre' in the upper gastrointestinal tract: implications for health / T. Grassby ... [et al.]; title: Stability and degradation pathways of polysaccharide and glycoconjugate vaccines / C. Jones; title: Mucin turnover / A.P. Corfield; title: Viscometry, analytical ultracentrifugation and light scattering probes for carbohydrate stability / S.E. Harding; title: Stability of pectin-based drug delivery systems / G.A. Morris ... [et al.]; title: Stability of polysaccharide complexes: the effect of media and temperature on the physical characteristics and stability of chitosan-triphosphate/alginate nanogels / C.A. Schütz, P. Käuper and C. Wandrey; title: Cellulose crystallinity: perspectives from spectroscopy and diffraction / M.C. Jarvis; title: The water vapour sorption properties of cellulose / C.A.S. Hill and Y. Xie; title: Lingin biosynthesis and lignin manipulation / P. Daly ... [et al.]; title: Bacterial degradation of archaeological wood in anoxic waterlogged environments / N.B. Pedersen ... [et al.].