Carbohydrates in Sustainable Development I, 2010 Topics in Current Chemistry Series, Vol. 294

Sucrose: A Prospering and Sustainable Organic Raw Material,By S. Peters, T. Rose, and M. Moser; Sucrose-Utilizing Transglucosidases for Biocatalysis, By I. André, G. Potocki-Véronèse, S. Morel, P. Monsan, and M. Remaud-Siméon; Difructose Dianhydrides DFAs) and DFA-Enriched Products as Functional Foods, By C. Ortiz Mellet and J. M. García Fernández; Development of Agriculture Left-Overs: Fine Organic Chemicals from Wheat Hemicellulose-Derived Pentoses, By F. Martel, B. Estrine, R. Plantier-Royon, N. Hoffmann, and C. Portella; Cellulose and Derivatives from Wood and Fibers as Renewable Sources of Raw-Materials, By J.A. Figueiredo, M.I. Ismael, C.M.S. Anjo, and A.P. Duarte; Olive Pomace, a Source for Valuable Arabinan-Rich Pectic Polysaccharides,By M. A. Coimbra, S. M. Cardoso, and J. A. Lopes-da-Silva; Oligomannuronates from Seaweeds as Renewable Sources for the Development of Green Surfactants,By T. Benvegnu and J.-F. Sassi; From Natural Polysaccharides to Materials for Catalysis, Adsorption, and Remediation, By F. Quignard, F. Di Renzo, and E. Guibal

Sucrose: A Prospering and Sustainable Organic Raw Material.- Sucrose-Utilizing Transglucosidases for Biocatalysis.- Difructose Dianhydrides (DFAs) and DFA-Enriched Products as Functional Foods.- Development of Agriculture Left-Overs: Fine Organic Chemicals from Wheat Hemicellulose-Derived Pentoses.- Cellulose and Derivatives from Wood and Fibers as Renewable Sources of Raw-Materials.- Olive Pomace, a Source for Valuable Arabinan-Rich Pectic Polysaccharides.- Oligomannuronates from Seaweeds as Renewable Sources for the Development of Green Surfactants.- From Natural Polysaccharides to Materials for Catalysis, Adsorption, and Remediation.

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