ABSTRACT
Polysaccharides are polymeric carbohydrates that are created by replicating units bonded together by glycoside linkages (stereoregular polymer of monosaccharide) and consist of various degrees of branching. These are the most ecofriendly materials accessible on this planet. They are renewable (are agricultural commodities), less expensive, and hydrophilic biopolymers. They also exhibit biological and chemical properties, for instance, nontoxic (most are edible), biocompatible, biodegradable, polyfunctional characteristics, high chemical reactivity, chirality, and chelation capacities.1 They are found in various tissues of seeds, stems, and leaves of plants, body uids of animals, in the cell walls and extra cellular uids of bacteria, yeast, etc.2 Water-soluble polysaccharides (e.g., hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), xanthan gum, guar gum, amylopectin, dextrin, starch) have diverse industrial and agricultural applications as viscosiers,3,4 drag reducers,5 occulants,6-8 controlled drug delivery agents,9,10 adsorbent polymers,11 responsive polymers, stabilizers, dispersants, water-borne polymer coatings, food additives, etc.
