Bioactive Carbohydrate Polymers

List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. News on Immunologically active plant polysaccharides; H. Wagner, S. Kraus. 2. Bioactive plant polysaccharides from Japanese and Chinese traditional herbal medicines; H. Yamada. 3. Bioactive compounds from Icelandic moss; K. Ingolfsdottir. 4. Structural features of biologically active polysaccharide fractions from the leaves and seeds of Plantago major. L.; A.B. Samuelsen. 5. Pharmacological Activities of Sulphated Carbohydrate Polymers; G. Franz, et al. 6. Relationships between chemical characteristics and anticoagulant activity of low molecular weight fucants from marine algae; F. Chaubet, et al. 7. Immune stimulation properties of di-equatorially beta-1-4 linked poly-uronides; G. Skjåk-Bræk, et al. 8. Immunostimulatory beta(1,3)-D-glucans; prophylactic drugs against threatening infectious diseases of fish; R.A. Dalmo. 9. Extractability of cell wall-related polysaccharides with potential bioactivity and their persistence during fermentation; J.A. Robertson, et al. 10. Pectic hairy regions of lemon fruits: a polysaccharide with potential bioactivity; J.M. Ros, et al. 11. Enzymes as tools for structural studies of pectins; A.G.J. Voragen, et al.