Rudgea jasminoides (Rubiaceae) is a tropical tree species native of the Atlantic Forest in the south of Brazil. Previous studies with leaf cell walls of R. jasminoides showed a different proportion of cross-linked glycans ...

Coffee is one of the most popular beverages (almost 9 million tons of coffee was consumed in 2014) and the second largest commodity traded worldwide. Coffee beans have long been used for human consumption, in the last ...

The polysaccharide extracted from Prosopis chilensis seeds in acidic medium showed by total hydrolysis and gas-liquid chromatography analysis of the alditol acetates to be composed of galactose and mannose in the molar ...

Water-soluble sulfated polysaccharides from the red seaweed Nemalion helminthoides: two xylomannan fractions (N3 and N4) and a mannan fraction (N6), were investigated to determine their in vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory ...

Soluble (EPS-SOL), as well as insoluble extracellular polysaccharide (EPS-INSOL), extracted from biofilm of Streptococcus mutans, were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, methylation analysis, and a ...

The present work describes an investigation concerning the acetylation of celluloses extracted from short-life-cycle plant sources (i.e. sugarcane bagasse and sisal fiber) as well as microcrystalline cellulose. The acetylation ...

Excessive softening is a major cause of postharvest deterioration during transportation and storage of fresh cherries. In continuing our studies to identify the factors determining the textural differences between sweet ...