PLANT POLYMERIC CARBOHYDRATES (SPECIAL PUBLICATION). This item is unavailable.PLANT POLYMERIC CARBOHYDRATES (SPECIAL PUBLICATION)

This book presents an up to date account of current developments in plant polymeric carbohydrates and covers five main areas: their biosynthesis and structure; their rheological properties; their nutritional importance; their industrial applications; and their chemical and enzymic conversion. It is written by experts from around the world, many of whom come from industrial and government laboratories, and provides both exceptionally wide and unusually detailed coverage of the subject. In addition it gives valuable references to the most recent literature and illustrates the latest research findings with a large number of figures. Plant Polymeric Carbohydrates is essential reading for researchers in the food, polymer and biological sciences, nutrition, bioorganic chemistry and biotechnology. It is also an essential acquisition for industrial development laboratories, food manufacturing plants and scientific and technical libraries.

The International Symposium on Plant Polymeric Carbohydrates, which was held as a satellite symposium of the International Carbohydrate Meeting, has become a symposium in its own right, bringing together an number of experts to exchange knowledge. This has been achieved by placing the emphasis on specific aspects of carbohydrate research in the selection and organization of the items on the programme. The aim of the symposium was to present the latest research in sub-branches of the biosynthesis and structure of polymeric carbohydrates, their rheological properties, both as pure substances and in complex bonds with other natural materials, their nutritional importance with respect to their physicochemical and nutritive properties, and their industrial applications in food and non-food.