Antioxidant–polysaccharide conjugates for food application by eco-friendly grafting procedure

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

“…Although polysaccharides have been used for decades in various industrial applications, e.g. pharmaceuticals, biomaterials, food stuff and nutrition, and biofuels, growing understanding and deeper investigations of the importance of polysaccharides in life science are driving the development of polysaccharides for novel (biomolecular) applications (AlonsoSande, Teijeiro-Osorio, Remunan-Lopez, & Alonso, 2009;Crini, 2005;García-González, Alnaief, & Smirnova, 2011;Kamerling & Boons, 2007;Pitarresi, Calabrese, Palumbo, Licciardi, & Giammona, 2009;Spizzirri et al 2010;Suh & Matthew, 2000). The biological activities of polysaccharides are strongly affected by their chemical structure and chain conformations.…”

Antioxidant and protective effect of inulin and catechin grafted inulin against CCl4-induced liver injury

“…In order to increase the biological activities and broaden the applications of inulin, a number of studies have been carried out on chemical modification of inulin such as esterification, methylation, carboxymethylation and graft copolymerization [11][12][13][14]. However, only few studies have been focused on the antioxidant activity of inulin and its chemically modified products [13,[15][16][17]. On the other hand, inulin has been considered as an inhibition of hepatic lipogenesis by lowering the synthesis of triglycerides and fatty acids in the liver [18].…”

“…Inulin has been widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries due to its bio-degradable and biocompatible properties in human body [10]. In order to increase the biological activities and broaden the applications of inulin, a number of studies have been carried out on chemical modification of inulin such as esterification, methylation, carboxymethylation and graft copolymerization [11][12][13][14]. However, only few studies have been focused on the antioxidant activity of inulin and its chemically modified products [13,[15][16][17].…”

Free radical grafting of gallic acid (GA) on cellulose nanocrystals (CNCS) and evaluation of antioxidant reinforced gellan gum films

“…Bioactive materials in polymer matrices can provide both high mechanical and biological potential. Antioxidant and antimicrobial molecules attachment on polymers has been applied by several authors (Cho et al, 2011;Curcio et al, 2009;Liu et al, 2014;Spizzirri et al, 2010Spizzirri et al, , 2009). Based on the beneficial effect for human health and food conservation, it has been suggested the use of antioxidants as nutrients (Seifried et al, 2007).…”