Polysaccharide

1.5. Enzyme-Polysaccharide Interactions Proteins and enzymes have become an integral part of many industrial processes as well as being applied both in cosmetics and in therapeutics. Due to advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering, mass production of protein and enzymes has become feasible. Use of enzymes is environmentally friendly as they catalyse reactions under mild conditions against polluting inorganic catalysts which works in the extremes of pH and temperature. However, this can…

called disaccharides. Examples of simple carbs are table sugar, honey, molasses, syrup, and yogurt. Many monosaccharides bonded together are called polysaccharides, these is how complex carbs are formed. Complex carbohydrates are starches the body brakes down as glucose for energy and can be restored as glycogen. Glycogen is a multi branched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage. Unlike simple carbohydrates, Complex carbohydrates is rich in vitamins, fiber and…

investigation with credible and accurate results as the reagents stated above give good indicative results to the types of carbohydrates present. Carbohydrates come in several different forms e.g. Starch is a polysaccharide and consists of thousands of monosaccharide sub-units which form a chain – polysaccharides (poly – many) are not readily soluble in water but react with iodine…

Chitin is a linear polysaccharide, with β-(1-4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. Found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans (crab, shrimp, lobster, insects) & molluscs, as well as the cell walls of algae and fungi, chitin is the second-most naturally abundant polysaccharide after cellulose [1, 2]. Chitin occurs naturally in the polymorphic forms: α, β and γ. The α-polymorphic form of chitin is the most abundant in nature, present in the strong exoskeleton of crustaceans [6]. α-Chitin forms tightly…

What are carbohydrates? Carbohydrates play a major role in our body, but many people don’t even know what they are. To show the true role of carbohydrates in the body you need to thoroughly break down every carbohydrate. CH2O is the general molecular formula for carbohydrates and it was once even called “hydrated carbon”. Each and every carbohydrate contains at least one carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atom, as well as being an organic compound. Though many people believe carbohydrates are bad for…

Streptococcus Pneumonae Pneumonia /pneumococcal pneumonia My little brother was twice a victim of pneumonia and that has motivated me to write on the most common causing bacteria, Streptococcus pneumonia. Streptococcus pneumonia is an alpha hemolytic gram-positive diplococci bacteria and member of the genus- Streptococcus.2 Streptococcus pneumonia is also a facultative anaerobe meaning that it could grow in an environment with or without oxygen. Being a facultative anaerobe bacteria permits…

Carbs and diets, we all know they don’t go together. You constantly hear people saying they’re on a diet, so they can’t eat things like pasta and potatoes. Why can’t we eat these things when we are on a diet? what defines a carbohydrate? In lecture and lab, we learned all of the basics about Carbohydrates and how it is applied in real life; things like the different groups, what they do, where they come from, and their importance in the body. In lecture, we learned that carbohydrates are…

2.1. C. tomentosum extract characterization C. tomentosum extract proximal composition is shown in Table 1. The relatively higher ash proportion in seaweed extract (SE) (aprox. 74%) could largely be accounted for by the lower moisture content, and probably due to a hygroscopic nature of the SE (Blanco-Pascual, Montero, & Gómez-Guillén, 2014). The values of TPC and DPPH radical-scavenging activity are consistent with literature (Andrade et al., 2013; Valentão et al., 2010) (Table 1). POD and PPO…

mortality. Slime is an extracellular polymer loosely attached to the cell wall which can be easily washed off where as capsule is a compact, thick and gelatinous structure adhered to cell which is made of glycocalyx polysaccharide, glycopeptides etc.,. Capsules are usually polysaccharide in nature, may be homo/mono polymer of (glucans, dextrans, levans) or hetero/polymer of (hexose and pentose sugars plus ribitol/glycerol/other sugar alcohols) and capsule can also be composed of…

Ribose and deoxyribose sugars forms the structural frame of the genetic material, RNA and DNA. Polysaccharides like cellulose are the structural elements in the cell walls of bacteria and plants. Carbohydrates are linked to proteins and lipids that play significant roles in cell…