Polysaccharide-encapsulated organisms are the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and pneumonia in children. The use of protein–polysaccharide conjugate vaccines in developed countries over ...

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B , discusses how an anti-complement homogeneous polysaccharide from Houttuynia cordata ameliorates acute pneumonia with H1N1 and MRSA ...

Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Pectin is a dietary soluble fiber found in the cell walls of fruits and vegetables ...

Using the device, Ye’s team created a polysaccharide composed of 1,080 sugar moieties with 4,320 stereogenic centers, which is the longest and largest synthesized to date.

Dietary plant polysaccharides are a major energy source for the anaerobic microbiota that inhabit the mammalian large intestine and rumen. Flint and colleagues discuss polysaccharide utilization ...

Polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases have been developed that comprise chiral selectors immobilized on their support rather than being physically coated. These materials are completely ...

Synthetic Polysaccharide Stabilizes Proteins Biochemistry: Polymer consisting of amide-linked glucose monomers outperforms a natural disaccharide in protecting enzyme during freeze-drying ...

The researchers found that the mean hemoglobin increased from 7.9 to 11.9 g/dL in the ferrous sulfate group, compared with 7.7 to 11.1 g/dL in the iron polysaccharide complex group (greater ...

Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccines prevent pneumococcal disease in infants, but their efficacy against pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in adults 65 years of age or older is un ...

A retrospective cohort study of 1898 older adults with chronic lung disease showed that the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of ...