Overview
- Presents comprehensive information about polysaccharides: one of the most wide spread and most important class of organic compounds
- Summarizes compounds such as starches, cellulose, chitin, gum and microbial polysaccharides
- Introduces to the sources, identification, analysis, biosynthesis, biotechnology and applications of important polysaccharides
- Organized thematically in IV parts and carefully written and edited by world-renowned experts, this authoritative reference work is accessible for everybody working with polysaccharides - from the student to the experienced researcher
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professeur Dr. Jean-Michel Merillon is the « Directeur de l’EA 3675 (Groupe d’Etude des Substances Vegetales à Activité Biologique + Polyphenols Biotech) », at the Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite de Bordeaux, Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, in Villenave d’Ornon, France. He received his M.Pharma. (1979) and Ph.D. (1984) from the University of Tours in France. He joined the University of Tours as assistant professor in 1981, became associate professor in 1987. In 1993 he moved to the faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bordeaux, France, accepting a position as full professor. He is currently leading the “study group on biologically active plant substances” at the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences, which comprises 25 scientists and research students. The group has been working on phenolic compounds from vine and wine for many years, mainly complex stilbenes and their involvement in health. Prof. Mérillon has supervised the doctoral theses of 19 students. He is involved in developing teaching on plant biology, natural bioactive compounds and biotechnology. Prof. Mérillon has published more than 145 research papers in internationally recognized journals, resulting in an H index of 35 (documents published between 1996 and 2015). He has co-edited books and reference works on secondary metabolites and biotechnology. Throughout his career, Prof. Mérillon has traveled widely as a senior professor. Scientists from several countries have been and are working in his laboratory, and his research is supported by funding from the Aquitaine Regional Government, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and various private companies. In 2004, he founded the technology transfer unit “Polyphenols Biotech”, providing support for R&D programs for SMEs and major groups from the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, agricultural and health-nutrition sectors.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polysaccharides
Book Subtitle: Bioactivity and Biotechnology
Editors: Kishan Gopal Ramawat, Jean-Michel Mérillon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03751-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Chemistry and Mat. Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03751-6Due: 26 February 2018
Number of Pages: 3000
Topics: Carbohydrate Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biomaterials, Biochemistry, general, Polymer Sciences, Biomedicine general