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The Fiber Cell Wall
In this chapter, the multilayered fibrillar structure of the fiber cell wall is presented, with discussions focusing on the structural modifications...
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Polymers as Drugs
Polymeric drugs are defined as polymers that are active pharmaceutical ingredients, i.e., they are neither drug carriers nor prodrugs. In general,...
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The spatial orientation and interaction of cell wall polymers in bamboo revealed with a combination of imaging polarized FTIR and directional chemical removal
The mechanical and physical properties of lignocellulosic materials are closely related to the orientation and interaction of the polymers within...
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CBMs as Probes to Explore Plant Cell Wall Heterogeneity Using Immunocytochemistry
Immunocytochemistry is a widely used technique to localize antigen within intact tissues. Plant cell walls are complex matrixes of highly decorated...
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Interactions between non-cellulosic plant cell wall polysaccharides and cellulose emerging from adsorption studies
Recent studies on the plant cell wall assume that hemicellulosic polysaccharides interact closely with cellulose microfibrils through hydrophobic...
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Application of FTIR Microspectroscopy in Oenology: Shedding Light on Cell Wall Composition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains
The evaluation of cell parietal components of yeasts is an important criterium for the selection of wine starters since they play a key role in the...
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On the organization of hemicelluloses in the wood cell wall
AbstractThe structural arrangement of the polymers in the cell wall of wood has still not been fully established. This relates specifically to the...
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Modifying lignin composition and xylan O-acetylation induces changes in cell wall composition, extractability, and digestibility
BackgroundLignin and xylan are important determinants of cell wall structure and lignocellulosic biomass digestibility. Genetic manipulations that...
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Bioactive Materials from Brewery Yeast Cell Wall Residues with the Addition of Refined Liquid Smoke: Development and Study of Functional Properties
Brewery yeast cell wall residues were used as a matrix for the development of bioactive films with refined liquid smoke extract. The extract and...
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Analysis of Complex Carbohydrate Composition in Plant Cell Wall Using Fourier Transform Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy
Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a powerful tool for compositional analysis of plant cell walls. The infrared spectrum generates...
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Structural and Functional Aspects of the Interactions Between Medical Polymers and Liposomes and Bacterial Cells
AbstractPolymers are widely applied as drug delivery systems and implant coatings. This review studies the mechanisms of the interactions of...
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Current and future advances in fluorescence-based visualization of plant cell wall components and cell wall biosynthetic machineries
Plant cell wall-derived biomass serves as a renewable source of energy and materials with increasing importance. The cell walls are biomacromolecular...
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Natural and Synthetic Polymers
Polymers are one of the most relevant materials for the modern society to maintain its lifestyle and its life quality. Plastics, fibers, etc., are...
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Effects of Penetrating Microwave Blanching on the Drying Characteristics, Physicochemical Properties, and Water Migration of Pleurotus eryngii: Observation of Cell Wall Polysaccharides and Microstructure
This study introduces a novel penetrating microwave infrared hot-air rolling-bed dryer for blanching and drying Pleurotus eryngii . We investigated...
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Synthesis of Phenol Polymers Using Peroxidases
This chapter deals with the peroxidase-catalyzed polymerization of phenol and its derivatives. Such a polymerization needs an oxidation reagent,...
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2D time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (2D TD-NMR) characterization of cell wall water of Fagus sylvatica and Pinus taeda L.
Water dominates the wood cell wall in the hygroscopic range. The state and amount of cell wall water influence the physical and mechanical properties...
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An Approach for Using Non-purified β-Galactosidase: The Potential of β-Galactosidase in Kluyveromyces marxianus Cell Microparticles with Different Wall Materials
β-Galactosidase is an enzyme of significant commercial importance, widely used in industry for various purposes as lactase, among others. Enzyme...
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Effects of 1-Methylcyclopropene Combined with Tea Polyphenols Coating Treatment on Storage Quality and Cell Wall Metabolism of Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)
The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) combined with tea polyphenols coating (TPC)...
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Sustainable Bio-Based Materials from Minimally Processed Red Seaweeds: Effect of Composition and Cell Wall Structure
This study reports on the use of whole seaweed biomass to obtain bio-based films for food packaging applications. Specifically, four different...
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Longitudinal orders in the flax cell wall re-examined by lineshape analysis of the X-ray diffraction 00l profile up to l = 10
In his more recent work, Henri Chanzy explored the nature of cellulose microfibrils that were biosynthesized in vitro, in the absence of physical...
