Advanced Biopolymers from Natural Resources
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 October 2023) | Viewed by 4877
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polysaccharides; extraction, isolation, and purification method for biopolymers; physicochemical characteristics and structure identification of biopolymers; bio-activities of biopolymers and its potential on practical applications; chemosynthesis or structural modification on biopolymers from natural resources and their physicochemical, bio-activity properties; fungal immunomodulatory protein; anti-cancer; immunomodulation; traditional Chinese medicine; herbal drug; functional food
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biopolymers (including polysaccharides, proteins, DNA, etc.) obtained from natural products have specific biological activities. Nowadays, researchers are still actively searching for novel biopolymers from various natural products (such as Chinese herbal medicines and marine organisms) and exploring their specific biological activities, such as immune regulation, anti-cancer, etc. In addition, many researchers will use artificial biotechnology methods to modify the chemical characteristics of biopolymers to achieve the effect of enhancing biological activity. Moreover, the biopolymers of natural substances are used for drug embedding and drug release. Therefore, exploring the biopolymers of natural products is an important topic.
This Special Issue will focus on advanced biopolymers from natural resources, containing the following focal points: resources and its classification of biopolymers; biosynthetic pathways of biopolymers; extraction, isolation, and purification methods for biopolymers; physicochemical characteristics and structure identification of biopolymers; bio-activities of biopolymers and its potential on practical applications; chemosynthesis or structural modification on biopolymers from natural resources and their physicochemical bio-activity properties.
We welcome contributions to this Special Issue with original research or comprehensive review articles covering developments in advanced biopolymers from natural resources in the context described above.
Dr. Tung-Yi Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polysaccharides
- advanced biopolymers
- isolation
- application
- bioactivities
- structural identification
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