Polysaccharides in Medicinal Applications
Abstract
Polysaccharides - structure and general properties: chemical synthesis of polysaccharides curdian and succinoglycan pullulan cellulose and its derivatives - structures, reactions, and medical uses hemicelluloses hydrogels polysaccharides in medicine: glycobiology - general aspects structure and biosynthesis of glycoproteins normal and pathological catabolism of glycoproteins oligosaccharide antibiotics bacterial capsular polysaccharides - immunogenicity and vaccines polysaccharides and glycoconjugates as human vaccines recombinant glycoproteins - pitfalls and strategy glycoconjugates and diseases medical applications of dextran and its derivatives polysaccharides in oxygen-carrier blood substitutes fucan sulfates and their anticoagulant activities pharmaceutical and medical applications of cyclodextrins bioartificial pancreas chitin and chitosan - medical applications chitosan - a novel matrix for hemoperfusion membranes as biomaterials polysaccharides used in ophthalmology hydrogels as support for drug delivery systems polysaccharides as supports for antiviral and antitumoral drugs.