Honey bee products: preclinical and clinical studies of their anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties

HR El-Seedi, N Eid, AA Abd El-Wahed, ME Rateb… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is a defense process triggered when the body faces assaults from pathogens,
toxic substances, microbial infections, or when tissue is damaged. Immune and inflammatory …

Ficus plants: State of the art from a phytochemical, pharmacological, and toxicological perspective

B Salehi, A Prakash Mishra, M Nigam… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ficus genus is typically tropical plants and is among the earliest fruit trees cultivated by
humans. Ficus carica L. is the common fig, Ficus benjamina L. is the wee** fig, and Ficus …

Mechanisms of levan in ameliorating hyperuricemia: Insight into levan on serum metabolites, gut microbiota, and function in hyperuricemia rats

M Xu, H **ao, X Zou, L Pan, Q Song, L Hou… - Carbohydrate …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the effects of levan on the progression of hyperuricemia (HUA)
rats and elucidate its underlying mechanisms. After levan intervention, both low and high …

Structural characterization of levan synthesized by a recombinant levansucrase and its application as yogurt stabilizers

M Xu, L Pan, Z Zhou, Y Han - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Levan, a class of fructan with complex structure, has been found to have potential as a
prebiotic. In this study, the polysaccharide was produced by in vitro catalysis (Cata-lev) …

Bacterial exopolysaccharides: from production to functional features

C Talbi, S Elmarrkechy, M Youssfi… - … In Microbes & …, 2023 - journals.hh-publisher.com
Exopolysaccharides, known as bacterial EPS, are complex sugar polymers that bacteria
secrete into their environment. EPSs play a crucial role in bacterial survival and proliferation …

Bio_Fabricated Levan Polymer from Bacillus subtilis MZ292983.1 with Antibacterial, Antibiofilm, and Burn Healing Properties

MA Hamada, RA Hassan, AM Abdou, YM Elsaba… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The biopolymer levan has sparked a lot of interest in commercial production and various
industrial applications. In this study, a bacterial isolate with promising levan-producing ability …

Computational design of oligosaccharide producing levansucrase from Bacillus licheniformis RN-01 to improve its thermostability for production of levan-type …

M Klaewkla, R Pichyangkura… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Levansucrase catalyzes production of levan and levan-type fructooligosaccharides (LFOs)
with potential applications in food and pharmaceutical industries such as prebiotics and anti …

Optimization strategy of Bacillus subtilis MT453867 levansucrase and evaluation of levan role in pancreatic cancer treatment

AA Gamal, HY Abbas, NAM Abdelwahed… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most lethal cancer type worldwide. Due to multiple levan
applications including anticancer activities, studies related to levansucrase production are of …

The immunomodulatory properties of β-2, 6 fructans: a comprehensive review

ID Young, D Latousakis, N Juge - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polysaccharides such as β-2, 1-linked fructans including inulin or fructose oligosaccharides
are well-known prebiotics with recognised immunomodulatory properties. In recent years …

Bioactive carbohydrate polymers—between myth and reality

M Drira, F Hentati, O Babich, S Sukhikh, V Larina… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polysaccharides are complex macromolecules long regarded as energetic storage
resources or as components of plant and fungal cell walls. They have also been described …