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ReviewBiomolecules2024

Advances in Microbial Exopolysaccharides: Present and Future Applications.

Huu-Thanh Nguyen, Thuy-Trang Pham, Phu-Tho Nguyen, Hélène Le-Buanec, Holy N Rabetafika, Hary L Razafindralambo

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Review in Biomolecules, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Huu-Thanh NguyenDepartment of Biotechnology, An Giang University, Vietnam National University, 18 Ung Van Khiem, Long Xuyen City 880000, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0003-0179-0705
Thuy-Trang PhamDepartment of Biotechnology, An Giang University, Vietnam National University, 18 Ung Van Khiem, Long Xuyen City 880000, Vietnam.ORCID 0009-0007-6213-7634
Phu-Tho NguyenDepartment of Biotechnology, An Giang University, Vietnam National University, 18 Ung Van Khiem, Long Xuyen City 880000, Vietnam.
Hélène Le-BuanecINSERM U976-HIPI Hôpital Saint Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
Holy N RabetafikaProBioLab, 5004 Namur, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0588-2677
Hary L RazafindralamboProBioLab, 5004 Namur, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4757-7072

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are receiving growing interest today, owing to their diversity in chemical structure and source, multiple functions, and immense potential applications in many food and non-food industries. Their health-promoting benefits for humans deserve particular attention because of their various biological activities and physiological functions. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of microbial EPSs, covering (1) their chemical and biochemical diversity, including composition, biosynthesis, and bacterial sources belonging mainly to lactic acid bacteria (LAB) or probiotics; (2) their technological and analytical aspects, especially their production mode and characterization; (3) their biological and physiological aspects based on their activities and functions; and (4) their current and future uses in medical and pharmaceutical fields, particularly for their prebiotic, anticancer, and immunobiotic properties, as well as their applications in other industrial and agricultural sectors.

Indexed as

Polysaccharides, BacterialAnimalsHumansPrebioticsProbioticsPolysaccharides, BacterialPrebioticsexopolysaccharidesimmunobioticslactic acid bacteriapharmaceutical applicationsprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID39334928
PMCPMC11430787

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