Critical Problems Stalling Progress in Natural Bioactive Polysaccharide Research and Development

Natural polysaccharides are attracting increasing attention from food and pharmaceutical industries for their wide range of valuable biological activities. However, the poor repeatability of the methods used in sample preparation and chemical characterization is hampering both research and product development. The unstandardized quality, in turn, undermines efforts to understand the mechanism by which they work via oral dose, which is essential to realize the full beneficial potential of polysaccharides. Some scientists believe polysaccharides work by direct gut absorption; however, increasing evidence points to the gut microbiome and intestinal Peyer's patches as holding the keys to how they work.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 66(2018), 18 vom: 09. Mai, Seite 4581-4583

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Quan-Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bioavailability
Journal Article
Method repeatability
Phagocytosis
Plant Extracts
Polysaccharide
Polysaccharides
Quality control

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Date Completed 23.05.2018

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM283076488