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| Acknowledgments |
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| Editor |
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| Contributors |
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Section I Introduction to marine glycobiology |
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Chapter 1 Introduction to marine glycobiology |
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Chapter 2 Glycoscience: The current state of the research |
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Section II Marine glycoconjugates of reproduction and chemical communications |
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Chapter 3 Marine glycoconjugates in gamete physiology and fertilization |
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Chapter 4 Heparin from marine mollusks: Occurrence, structure, and biological role |
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Section III Marine glycans |
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Chapter 5 Bioactivity and mechanism of action of marine glycans |
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Chapter 6 Marine glycans in relationship with probiotic microorganisms to improve human and animal health |
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Chapter 7 Principle and biological properties of sulfated polysaccharides from seaweed |
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Section IV Marine glycoproteins |
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Chapter 8 Biomedical benefits of algal glycoproteins |
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Chapter 9 Partial sequencing, structural characterization, and anticoagulant activity of heparan sulfate and sulfated chitosan from selected Indian marine mollusks |
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Chapter 10 Biomedical potential of natural glycoproteins with special reference to marine collagen |
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Chapter 11 Glycoproteins and detoxification in the marine environment |
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Chapter 12 Recent trends in bioprospecting of marine collagen |
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Chapter 13 Marine fungi: Glycolipidomics |
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Section V Marine glycoenzymes |
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Chapter 14 Sialyltransferases from marine environments: Preparation of sialyloligosaccharides and its application |
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Section VI Marine carbohydrates |
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Chapter 15 Polysaccharides from marine sources and their pharmaceutical approaches |
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Chapter 16 Pharmaceutical importance of marine algal-derived carbohydrates |
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Chapter 17 Marine bacterial exopolysaccharides: Functional diversity and prospects in environmental restoration |
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Chapter 18 Agar-abundant marine carbohydrate from seaweeds in Indonesia: Production, bioactivity, and utilization |
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Chapter 19 Bioprospecting potential of marine natural polymers of chitin and chitosan |
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Thipramalai Thankappan Ajithkumar |
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Chapter 20 Bioactivities of sulfated polysaccharide porphyran isolated from edible red alga Porphyra yezoensis |
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Chapter 21 Marine polysaccharides as biostimulants of plant growth |
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Chapter 22 Carbohydrates in drug discovery: Insights into sulfated marine polysaccharides |
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Chapter 23 Cyanobacterial extracellular polysaccharide sheath pigment, scytonemin: A novel multipurpose pharmacophore |
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Chapter 24 Biomedical application of carbohydrates from marine microbes |
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Chapter 25 Antimicrobial properties of chitosan and chitosan derivatives |
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Chapter 26 Marine bacterial extracellular polymeric substances: Characteristics and applications |
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Chapter 27 Brown algal polysaccharide: Alginate and its biotechnological perspectives |
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Chapter 28 Mangroves: A potent source of polysaccharides |
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Chapter 29 It's all about the marine carbohydrates |
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Section VII Bioinformatics of glycobiology |
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Chapter 30 Glycans predictive modeling using modern algorithms |
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Section VIII Biological role of glycoconjugates |
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Chapter 31 Glyco-conjugated bioactive compounds derived from brown algae and its biological applications |
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Section IX Glycoconjugates in biomedicine and biotechnology |
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Chapter 32 D-Glucosamine contributes to cell membrane stability |
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Chapter 33 Structural glycobiology for lectin to promote advanced biomedical research |
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Chapter 34 Chitin derivatives as functional foods |
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Chapter 35 Marine carbohydrates and their applications |
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Chapter 36 Glycobiotechnology |
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Ramachandran Sarojini Santhosh |
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Chapter 37 Application of bacterial chitinase |
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Chapter 38 Biological activity of marine sponge lectins |
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