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Review
. 2019 Aug 1;8(8):304.
doi: 10.3390/foods8080304.

Sources, Extraction and Biomedical Properties of Polysaccharides

Samee Ullah  1   2 , Anees Ahmed Khalil  2 , Faryal Shaukat  1 , Yuanda Song  3
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Review

Sources, Extraction and Biomedical Properties of Polysaccharides

Samee Ullah et al. Foods. .

Abstract

In the recent era, bioactive compounds from plants have received great attention because of their vital health-related activities, such as antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, anticoagulant activity, anti-diabetic activity, UV protection, antiviral activity, hypoglycemia, etc. Previous studies have already shown that polysaccharides found in plants are not likely to be toxic. Based on these inspirational comments, most research focused on the isolation, identification, and bioactivities of polysaccharides. A large number of biologically active polysaccharides have been isolated with varying structural and biological activities. In this review, a comprehensive summary is provided of the recent developments in the physical and chemical properties as well as biological activities of polysaccharides from a number of important natural sources, such as wheat bran, orange peel, barely, fungi, algae, lichen, etc. This review also focused on biomedical applications of polysaccharides. The contents presented in this review will be useful as a reference for future research as well as for the extraction and application of these bioactive polysaccharides as a therapeutic agent.

Keywords: bioactive polysaccharides; biomedical applications; extraction.

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