Polysaccharides offer unique and valuable functional properties, persisting in technological importance and poised to grow more important due to sustainability demands and emerging applications in medical and life sciences. This contributed work presents comprehensive information about carbohydrate polymers, providing readers with an enhanced appreciation of carbohydrate structure and function, a new enzyme library, and extraction strategies that will help to advance a number of exciting domains of research, including genomics, proteomics, chemical synthesis, materials science, and engineering. Key Features: Details the source, production, structures, properties, and current and potential applications of polysaccharides. Discusses general strategies of isolation, separation and characterization of polysaccharides. Describes botanical, algal, animal, and microbial sources of polysaccharides. Demonstrates the importance of carbohydrates in new lead generation. Highlights the range of possibilities for polysaccharides to make real-world impact. Bhasha Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, India. Enamul Hoque, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Advanced Bioceramics: Properties, Processing, and Applications describes development of bioceramics and biocomposites, which are used in bone tissue repair, remodelling, and regeneration. It covers the fundamental aspects of materials science and bioengineering, clinical performance in a variety of applications, ISO/ASTM specifications, and opportunities and challenges. • Offers a comprehensive view of properties and processing of bioceramics. • Highlights applications in dentistry, orthopaedic and maxillofacial implants, and regenerative and tissue engineering. • Covers ISO/ASTM specifications, such as processing, clinical applications, recycling/reuse, and disposal standards. • Explores health, environmental, and ethical issues. This book is aimed at researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in materials science and biomedical engineering and can assist in the design of novel, targeted, and personalized bioceramics-based treatments.