Contents


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#### **Section 4 Applications in the Pharmaceutical Industry 511**

VI Contents

**Section 2 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Polysaccharides 227**

Aleksandr N. Zimnitskii

Chapter 11 **Coupled Mass Spectrometric Strategies** 

Chapter 9 **The Molecular Structure and Conformational Dynamics of Chitosan Polymers: An Integrated Perspective** 

Chapter 10 **Concept of Template Synthesis of Proteoglycans 257** 

V. Poinsot, M.A. Carpéné and F. Couderc

Chapter 12 **Diatom Polysaccharides: Extracellular Production,** 

Ranieri Urbani, Paola Sist, Galja Pletikapić, Tea Mišić Radić, Vesna Svetličić and Vera Žutić

**Their Relevance in Food Colloids 395**  Amit K. Ghosh and Prasun Bandyopadhyay

Chapter 13 **Exopolysaccharides of the Biofilm Matrix: A Complex Biophysical World 371** 

**Section 3 Applications in the Food Industry 393** 

Chapter 14 **Polysaccharide-Protein Interactions and** 

Chapter 15 **Chitosan: A Bioactive Polysaccharide in Marine-Based Foods 409** 

Chapter 16 **Polysaccharides as Carriers and Protectors**

Chapter 17 **Dietary Fiber and Availability of Nutrients:** 

Alireza Alishahi

Chapter 18 **Plant Biotechnology for** 

**Isolation and Molecular Characterization 345**

Pierre Lembre, Cécile Lorentz and Patrick Di Martino

**of Additives and Bioactive Compounds in Foods 429**  Rosa M. Raybaudi-Massilia and Jonathan Mosqueda-Melgar

María Victoria Busi, Mariana Martín and Diego F. Gomez-Casati

**A Case Study on Yoghurt as a Food Model 455** 

Marina Dello Staffolo, Alicia E. Bevilacqua, María Susana Rodríguez and Liliana Albertengo

**the Development of Design Starches 491**

Richard A. Cunha, Thereza A. Soares, Victor H. Rusu, Frederico J.S. Pontes, Eduardo F. Franca and Roberto D. Lins

**from Experiments and Computational Simulations 229** 

**for the Determination of Carbohydrates at Very Low Concentrations: The Case of Polysaccharides Involved in the Molecular Dialogue Between Plants and Rhizobia 305** 

