Biological activities and pharmaceutical applications of polysaccharide from natural resources: A review

Structure–function relationships of immunostimulatory polysaccharides: A review

A review of bioactive plant polysaccharides: Biological activities, functionalization, and biomedical applications

In recent decades, the polysaccharides from the medicinal plants have attracted a lot of attention due to their significant bioactivities, such as anti-tumor activity, antioxidant activity, anticoagulant activity, antidiabetic activity, radioprotection effect, anti-viral activity, hypolipidemic and immunomodulatory activities, which make them suitable for medicinal applications. Previous studies have also shown that medicinal plant polysaccharides are non-toxic and show no side effects. Based on these encouraging observations, most researches have been focusing on the isolation and identification of polysaccharides, as well as their bioactivities. A large number of bioactive polysaccharides with different structural features and biological effects from medicinal plants have been purified and characterized. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the most recent developments in physiochemical, structural features and biological activities of bioactive polysaccharides from a number of important medicinal plants, such as polysaccharides from Astragalus membranaceus, Dendrobium plants, Bupleurum, Cactus fruits, Acanthopanax senticosus, Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels, Aloe barbadensis Miller, and Dimocarpus longan Lour. Moreover, the paper has also been focused on the applications of bioactive polysaccharides for medicinal applications. Recent studies have provided evidence that polysaccharides from medicinal plants can play a vital role in bioactivities. The contents and data will serve as a useful reference material for further investigation, production, and application of these polysaccharides in functional foods and therapeutic agents.

Advances on Bioactive Polysaccharides from Medicinal Plants

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The response of fish to immunostimulant diets

Biological activities and potential health benefit effects of polysaccharides isolated from Lycium barbarum L.

Isolation, structure and bioactivities of the polysaccharides from Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels: A review

Structural features and biological activities of the polysaccharides from Astragalus membranaceus.

Effects of polysaccharide from mycelia of Ganoderma lucidum on intestinal barrier functions of rats

Establishment and characterization of a lactating bovine mammary epithelial cell model for the study of milk synthesis.

Ke Zhao

Papers

Biological activities and potential health benefit effects of polysaccharides isolated from Lycium barbarum L.

Isolation, structure and bioactivities of the polysaccharides from Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels: A review

Structural features and biological activities of the polysaccharides from Astragalus membranaceus.

Effects of polysaccharide from mycelia of Ganoderma lucidum on intestinal barrier functions of rats

Establishment and characterization of a lactating bovine mammary epithelial cell model for the study of milk synthesis.