Pectin as Drug-Release Vehicle
Pectin as a natural biopolymer is extensively used for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, essentially due to its gelling properties that could be influenced by pectin sources and extraction methods. This chapter focuses on an overview of pectin d
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Pectin: Technological and Physiological Properties
PectinTechnological and Physiological Properties
Vassilis Kontogiorgos Editor
Pectin: Technological and Physiological Properties
Editor Vassilis Kontogiorgos School of Agriculture and Food Sciences The University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Preface
Polysaccharides are routinely used in food and pharmaceutical industries as they show a broad range of functional properties that are employed to create structures with reproducible physical properties. In recent years, there is a need to create advanced formulations beyond traditional food applications that, for example, delay lipid digestion or deliver bioactives in the gastrointestinal tract at the site of interest. In addition, another area of focus is the identification of bioactive polysaccharides that exhibit physiological characteristics that may improve health. The need to understand how to form and stabilise structures for these applications has boosted research on the fundamental chemical, physical and physiological properties of polysaccharides. Pectin is an ideal macromolecule for such applications, as it is highly tunable because of its complex chain architecture, type and amount of substituent groups, charge and charge density and, in certain cases, the presence of protein. Achieving these research objectives, however, is not trivial, and strong foundations are always needed. The present book was written with the goal to form the springboard for new research ventures using pectin a
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