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This book offers a comprehensive overview of marine polysaccharides, detailing their preparation, characterization, and evaluation, along with their wide-ranging applications in drug delivery, biomedical science, and food technology. By illuminating the versatile roles of these natural polymers, it provides readers with a fresh perspective on their potential to drive innovation across multiple sectors.
The chapters highlight a wide range of specific applications, including the use of plant-derived marine polysaccharides in oral drug delivery, marine seaweed polysaccharides in antiviral therapies, and marine animal polysaccharides in targeted drug delivery. Additional topics include microbial polysaccharides for sustained release systems, algal polysaccharides in anticancer treatments and liver disease management, sulfated marine polysaccharides for managing diabetic nephropathy, and the application of marine-derived polysaccharides in anti-allergic formulations. The book also examines their roles in tissue regeneration, wound healing, theranostics, and highlights their contributions to food processing, preservation, and packaging, emphasizing their importance in food safety and regulatory compliance. As eco-friendly, renewable resources derived from marine plants, animals, microbes, and algae, marine polysaccharides possess inherent properties such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, nontoxicity, low cost, and abundance, making them ideal candidates for biomedical, pharmaceutical, and food technology applications. Their structural diversity and biological functionality further position them as promising materials for drug discovery and therapeutic innovation, as introduced throughout the book.
This book is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, and professionals in pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, and materials science. With full-color illustrations and accessible explanations, it is especially valuable for early-career researchers seeking to innovate in their fields.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction of Marine Polysaccharides: Preparation, characterization, Evaluation and applications.- Chapter 2. Plant-derived marine polysaccharides in oral drug delivery.- Chapter 3. Marine based polysaccharide in injectable drug delivery.- Chapter 4. Marine Seaweed polysaccharide in antiviral activities.- Chapter 5. Marine animal polysaccharide in targeted drug delivery.- Chapter 6. Marine based polysaccharides in nose to brain drug delivery.- Chapter 7. Marine algae polysaccharides in anticancer drug delivery.- Chapter 8. Marine algal polysaccharides in management of Liver disease.- Chapter 9. Marine polysaccharidic matrix as inhalational drug carrier.- Chapter 10. Antioxidant potentials of Marine derived polysaccharides.- Chapter 11. Marine polysaccharides for management of wound healing.- Chapter12. Marine seaweed polysaccharides based scaffolds in tissue regeneration.- Chapter 13. Marine animal polysaccharides scaffolds in tissue engineering applications.- Chapter 14. Marine polysaccharides in theranostic applications.- Chapter 15. 3D printed marine polysaccharides in biological applications.- Chapter 16. Marine polysaccharide in food processing and preservation.- Chapter 17. Marine polysaccharide in delivery of bioactive molecules.- Chapter 18. Plant-based marine polysaccharides in food applications.- Chapter 19. Animal based Marine polysaccharide in food packaging.- Chapter 20. Marine based polysaccharide in food: Safety and Regulation.
About the author
Dr. Sougata Jana
is a B.Pharm (Gold Medalist) from West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), an M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics) from Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), and holds a Ph.D. from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), West Bengal (formerly WBUT), India. He received the M.N. Dev Memorial Award in 2005 from the IPA Bengal Branch for securing the highest marks in the state. He has over 17 years of experience in pharmacy, including teaching, research, and health services.
He has received several accolades, including the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 21st West Bengal State Science and Technology Congress (2014) and the Outstanding Paper Award at the 1st Regional Science and Technology Congress (2016), Bardhaman Division. Dr. Jana is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and an Associate of the Institution of Chemists (AIC), India. He has successfully guided 17 postgraduate students and focuses his research on drug delivery systems, including the modification of synthetic and natural biopolymers, microparticles, nanoparticles, semisolids, and interpenetrating network (IPN) systems for controlled drug delivery.
Dr. Subrata Jana
is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (Central University), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of artificial receptors for the recognition of anions, cations, and N-methylated protein residues. He also collaborates with pharmaceutical scientists on biodegradable polymer-based drug delivery systems.Dr. Jana earned his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, and completed postdoctoral research with Prof. Fraser Hof at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Dr. Kenneth J. Woycechowsky at the University of Utah, USA. His research centers on supramolecular host–guest chemistry and molecular sensing.
Prof. John F. Kennedy
is Director of Chembiotech Research, Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Worcestershire, UK. A bio-organic chemist, biochemist, and biotechnologist, his work spans carbohydrate and protein chemistry, biotechnology, and materials science. He has held numerous academic and professional roles, including Director of the Birmingham Carbohydrate and Protein Technology Group, Professor of Applied Chemistry at Glyndŵr University, and Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of Cellucon Conferences and The Cellucon Trust.
Prof. Kennedy is a Fellow of several professional bodies, including the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Biology, and the Institute of Food Science and Technology. He has served as Consultant Biochemist to the UK Department of Health and Social Security, Director of Biochemistry at Lea Castle Hospital, and expert witness to the legal profession. His editorial roles include Editor-in-Chief of Carbohydrate Polymers (1988–2011), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (1998–2025), and Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications (2011–2014), among others.
