Algal Polysaccharides
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 3754
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polysaccharides chemistry; structural analysis; polysaccharides-based materials; bionanocomposites; biological properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Algae are key components of the marine environment and play a significant role in addressing the EU’s strategical priorities. They are an emerging and sustainable resource with potential application in the areas of food, feed, and cosmetic. These organisms are producers of polysaccharides of interest due to their chemical and biological diversity. Furthermore, these polysaccharides can be physically or chemically modified to enhance diversity and to meet the requirements for specific applications. Therefore, algal polysaccharides have a wide range of applications, namely in biomedicine, food, biotechnology, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics.
This Special Issue will include recent advances in the field of algae polysaccharides with potential for biomedical, food or biotechnological applications. Papers describing their physicochemical, biological and functional properties, as well as the structure-activity relationship, are encouraged.
Dr. Cláudia Nunes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- biomedicine
- blue biotechnology
- marine organisms
- structure-activity relationship
- carbohydrate polymers
- food
- biological activities
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