Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Properties and Applications of Alginate
Wei Liu, PhD, Hui-Jing Li, PhD, and Yan-Chao Wu, PhD
Weihai Marine Organism and Medical Technology Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, P. R. China
Chapter 2. Submicron and Nano-Sized Gel Particles Based on Alginate and Sulfated Alginate for Protein Encapsulation
A. Anitha, PhD, Jiankun Yang, Yingjun Gao, PhD, Auriane Gueguen, Broden Diggle and Lisbeth Grøndahl, PhD
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Chapter 3. An Insight into Properties and Applications of Alginate
Abhishek Saxena and Archana Tiwari
Diatom Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chapter 4. Alginate Hydrogel Beads as Building Blocks for Delivering Polyphenols
Ina Ćorković¹, Drago Šubarić¹, Jurislav Babić¹, Anita Pichler¹, Josip Šimunović² and Mirela Kopjar¹
¹University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
²Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Chapter 5. Alginate as a Carrier for Probiotic Immobilization: Extrusion and Spray Dry Technique
Tanja Krunic
Innovation centre Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Chapter 6. Structure-Property Relationship of Alginate Polymers and Its Biomedical Applications
Bishnu Dev Patra, Sweta Behera, Smrutirekha Mishra, Sankha Chakrabortty and Shirsendu Banerjee
School of Chemical Technology, KIIT University Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Chapter 7. Properties and Medical Applications of Alginate
Seyed Rasoul Tahami, PhD, and Nahid Hassanzadeh Nemati, PhD
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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