Prospects of kefiran as a food-derived biopolymer for agri-food and biomedical applications

• Main Authors: Tan, Kei Xian, Chamundeswari, Vidya Narasimhan, Loo, Joachim Say Chye
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Kefiran; Biopolymer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144263
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is a huge demand for food-derived polysaccharides in the field of materials research due to the increasing concerns posed by synthetic biopolymers. The scientific community is extensively searching for other natural, food-derived or bio-inspired polymers that possess promising potentials and a...