Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biology of 1-3 Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides
- 1st Edition - July 7, 2009
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Antony Bacic, Geoffrey B. Fincher, Bruce A. Stone
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 3 9 7 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 0 5 4 - 2
Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biology of 1-3 Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides presents a comprehensive, systematic and authoritative survey of information about a family… Read more
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Request a sales quoteChemistry, Biochemistry, and Biology of 1-3 Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides presents a comprehensive, systematic and authoritative survey of information about a family of chemically related, but functionally diverse, naturally occurring polysaccharides--the (1-3)-glucans. International contributors describe the chemical and physicochemical properties of these glucans and their derivatives and the molecular biological and structural aspects of the enzymes involved in their formation and breakdown. A detailed analysis of their physiological roles in the various biological situations in which they are found will be provided. Additionally, evolutionary relationships among the family of these glucans will be described.
- Topics of medical relevance include detailing the glucans' interactions with the immune system and research for cancer therapy applications
- Web resource links allow scientists to explore additional beta glucan research
- Separate indexes divided into Species and Subject for enhanced searchability
Plant physiologists & cell biologists, enzymologists, pollysaccharide chemists, immuno-chemists, immunologists, alternative cancer therapy researchers
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 7, 2009
- No. of pages (Hardback): 350
- No. of pages (eBook): 350
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123739711
- eBook ISBN: 9780080920542
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Antony Bacic
Affiliations and expertise
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Melbourne, AustraliaGF
Geoffrey B. Fincher
Affiliations and expertise
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Australia
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, AustraliaBS
Bruce A. Stone
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Australia [deceased]Read Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biology of 1-3 Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides on ScienceDirect