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Marine Carbohydrates: Fundamentals and Applications brings together the diverse range of research in this important area which leads to clinical and industrialized products. The volume, number 72, focuses on marine carbohydrates in isolation, biological, and biomedical applications and provides the latest trends and developments on marine carbohydrates. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences and brings together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship. Volumes provide those in academia and industry with the latest information on emerging research in these constantly evolving sciences.

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Author:   Se-Kwon Kim (Department of Chemistry and Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   72nd edition
Volume:   72
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780128002698

ISBN 10:   0128002697
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   30 July 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Isolation and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Marine Origin Nitar Nwe, Tetsuya Furuike and Hiroshi Tamura Hybrid Carrageenans: Isolation, Chemical Structure and Gel Properties Loic Hilliou Isolation of Low Molecular Weight Heparin/Heparan Sulfate from Marine Sources Ramachandran Saravanan Isolation and Characterisation Hyaluronic Acid from Marine Source Sadhasivam Giji and Muthuvel Arumugam Extracellular Polysaccharides Produced by Marine Bacteria Panchanathan Manivasagan and Se-Kwon Kim Biological Acitvities of Alginate Mikinori Ueno and Tatsuya Oda Biological Activities of Carrageenan Ratih Pangestuti and Se-Kwon Kim Biological Acitvities of Heparin Sulfate Muthuvel Arumugam and Sadhasivam Giji Beneficial Effects of Hyaluronic Acid Prasad N. Sudha and Maximas H. Rose Fucoidans from Marine Algae as Potential Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors Noel Vinay Thomas and Se-Kwon Kim Anticancer Effects of Fucoidan Kalimuthu Senthilkumar and Se-Kwon Kim Anti-Cancer Effects of Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu and Se-Kwon Kim

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Professor Se-Kwon Kim, PhD, currently serves as a senior professor in the Department of Chemistry and the director of the Marine Bioprocess Research Center (MBPRC) at Pukyong National University in the Republic of Korea. He received his BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Pukyong National University and joined as a faculty member. He has previously served as a scientist in the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1988-1989), and was a visiting scientist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1999-2000).Professor Se-Kwon Kim was the first president of the Korean Society of Chitin and Chitosan (1986-1990) and the Korean Society of Marine Biotechnology (2006-2007). He was also the chairman for the 7th Asia-Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium, which was held in South Korea in 2006. He is one of the board members of the International Society of Marine Biotechnology and the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. Moreover, he was the editor in chief of the Korean Journal of Life Sciences (1995-1997), the Korean Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology (2006-2007), and the Korean Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology (2006-present). His research has been credited with the best paper award from the American Oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) and the Korean Society of Fisheries Science and Technology in 2002.Professor Se-Kwon Kim’s major research interests are investigation and development of bioactive substances derived from marine organisms and their application in oriental medicine, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals via marine bioprocessing and mass- production technologies. He has also conducted research on the development of bioactive materials from marine organisms for applications in oriental medicine, cosmeceuticals, and nutraceuticals. To date, he has authored over 600 research papers and holds 152 patents. In addition, he has written or edited more than 60 books.

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