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Polysaccharides are carbohydrate polymers in which monosaccharide ((CH2O)n) units are covalently joined by an O-glycosidic bond in either a branched or linear configuration. Polysaccharides serve ...

To improve water purification, researchers have turned to plants. Plants defend their cells with a barrier of polysaccharides, made of macromolecules with repeating sugar units, that trap metal ions.

Professor Iwata Tadahisa et al. of the University of Tokyo have developed an innovative high performance bioplastics from various polysaccharides obtained from natural biomass or by enzymatic ...