IT is possible to obtain evidence for the synthetic pathway of a monosaccharide by determining its isotopic labelling in a suitable polysaccharide which has been produced from a labelled substrate.

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 ...

Our work establishes modification methods of natural occurring materials in aqueous/non-toxic solvents, carried out in accordance to the principles of green chemistry. The polysaccharides were ...