Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has infected 3% of the population worldwide and 20% of the population in Egypt. HCV infection can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma and death. The presently available treatment with interferon plus ribavirin, has limited benefits due to adverse side effects. Seaweeds have become a major source of new compounds to treat viral diseases. This work aimed to study the effect o...

A few protein- and polysaccharide-based particles can function as effective stabilisers in multi-phase food systems. Combining both polymer-based tailoring the wettability of colloidal systems result particle-stabilised emulsions with great stability. High internal phase (HIPEs) have also been produced using such giving rise to a more stable, highly viscous structure. Thus, purpose here is revi...

The species-specific C-polysaccharide of the pneumococcus was first described by Tillett, Goebel, and Avery in 1930 (1). The chemical composition was examined by Heidelberger and Kendall (2) and by Goebel et al. (3) ; the latter study showed that the C-polysaccharide contained 4.47% phosphorus, 5.91% nitrogen, 50.6% reducing sugar, 21.8 % hexosamine, and 13.08% acetyl. Detailed information as t...

The extracellular anionic polysaccharide isolated from cultures of a unicellular red alga, Porphyridium cruentum, contains a small amount of protein after extensive purification. The polysaccharide and protein are recovered in the same fraction after isopycnic CsCl-density-gradient centrifugation in 4M-guanidinium chloride, under conditions designed to separate proteins from polysaccharide. The...

Mice injected with 100 to 800 microgram of Cryptococcus neoformans soluble polysaccharide showed a reduced ability to produce antibody after a challenge immunization with polysaccharide emulsified in Freund incomplete adjuvant. These animals were considered immunologically unresponsive. Animals given an initial injection of 25 or 50 microgram of polysaccharide responded to a challenge immunizat...