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- Offers both experienced researchers and students comprehensive information on polysaccharides
- Investigates one of the most widespread and most important class of organic compounds
- Introduces sources, identification, analysis, biosynthesis, biotechnology and applications of important polysaccharides
- Summarizes compounds such as starches, cellulose, chitin, gum and microbial polysaccharides
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (73 entries)
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Front Matter
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Biology and Biotechnology
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Botany Department, M.L.Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
Kishan Gopal Ramawat
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Groupe d’Etude des Substances Végétales à Activité Biologique, Université de Bordeaux, Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, Villenave d'Ornon, France
Jean-Michel Mérillon
About the editors
Prof. Dr. Kishan G. Ramawat is Former Professor & Head of the Botany Department, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India, and can look back on longstanding research experience. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology in 1978 from the University of Jodhpur, India and afterwards joined the university as a faculty member. In 1991 he moved to the M.L.Sukhadia University in Udaipur as Associate Professor and became Professor in 2001. He served as the Head of the Department of Botany (2001-2004, 2010-2012), was in charge of the Department of Biotechnology (2003-2004), was a member of the task force on medicinal and aromatic plants of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi (2002-2005) and coordinated UGC-DRS and DST-FIST programmes (2002-2012). Prof. Ramawat had done his postdoctoral studies at the University of Tours, France from 1983-85, and later returned to Tours as visiting professor (1991). He also visited the University of Bordeaux 2, France several times as visiting professor (1995, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2010), and in 2005 Poland in an academic exchange programme (2005). Through these visits in France, Prof. Ramawat and Prof. Mérillon established a strong connection, which has resulted in productive collaborations and several book and reference work publications. Prof. Ramawat has published more than 170 well cited peer reviewed papers and articles, and edited several books and reference works on topics such as the biotechnology of medicinal plants, secondary metabolites, bioactive molecules, herbal drugs, and many other topics. His research was funded by several funding agencies. In his research group, Prof. Ramawat has supervised doctoral thesis of 25 students. He is an active member of several academic bodies, associations and editorial boards of journals.
Professeur Dr. Jean-Michel Mérillon is the « Directeur de l’EA 3675 (Groupe d’Etude des Substances Végétales à Activité Biologique + Polyphénols Biotech) »,at the Faculté de Pharmacie, Université 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/10.1007/978-3-319-16298-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16297-3Published: 21 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16298-0Published: 30 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 2241
Number of Illustrations: 236 b/w illustrations, 252 illustrations in colour
Topics: Carbohydrate Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biomaterials, Biochemistry, general, Polymer Sciences, Biomedicine general