Antioxidant Polymers is an exhaustive overview of the recent developments in the field of polymeric materials showing antioxidant properties. This research area has grown rapidly in the last decade because antioxidant polymers have wide industry applications ranging from materials science to biomedical, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
Content:
Chapter 1 Antioxidants: Introduction (pages 1โ21): Chunhuan He, Yingming Pan, Xiaowen Ji and Hengshan Wang
Chapter 2 Natural Polyphenol and Flavonoid Polymers (pages 23โ53): Kelly C. Heim
Chapter 3 Synthesis and Applications of Polymeric Flavonoids (pages 55โ86): Hiroshi Uyama and Young?Jin Kim
Chapter 4 Antioxidant Polymers: Metal Chelating Agents (pages 87โ114): Hiba M. Zalloum and Mohammad S. Mubarak
Chapter 5 Antioxidant Polymers by Chitosan Modification (pages 115โ131): Jarmila Vinsova and Eva Vavrkova
Chapter 6 Cellulose and Dextran Antioxidant Polymers for Biomedical Applications (pages 133โ151): Sonia Trombino, Roberta Cassano and Teresa Ferrarelli
Chapter 7 Antioxidant Polymers by Free Radical Grafting on Natural Polymers (pages 153โ178): Manuela Curcio, Ortensia Ilaria Parisi, Francesco Puoci, Ilaria Altimari, Umile Gianfranco Spizzirri and Nevio Picci
Chapter 8 Natural Polymers with Antioxidant Properties: Poly?/oligosaccharides of Marine Origin (pages 179โ201): Guangling Jiao, Guangli Yu, Xiaoliang Zhao, Junzeng Zhang and H. Stephen Ewart
Chapter 9 Antioxidant Peptides from Marine Origin: Sources, Properties and Potential Applications (pages 203โ257): Begona Gimenez, M. Elvira Lopez?Caballero, M. Pilar Montero and M. Carmen Gomez?Guillen
Chapter 10 Synthetic Antioxidant Polymers: Enzyme Mimics (pages 259โ332): Cheng Wang, Gang?lin Yan and Gui?min Luo
Chapter 11 Synthetic Polymers with Antioxidant Properties (pages 333โ354): Ashveen V. Nand and Paul A. Kilmartin
Chapter 12 Synthesis of Antioxidant Monomers Based on Sterically Hindered Phenols, ??Tocopherols, Phosphites and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers (HALS) and their Copolymerization with Ethylene, Propylene or Styrene (pages 355โ383): Carl?Eric Wilen
Chapter 13 Novel Polymeric Antioxidants for Materials (pages 385โ425): Ashish Dhawan, Vijayendra Kumar, Virinder S. Parmar and Ashok L. Cholli
Chapter 14 Biopolymeric Colloidal Particles Loaded with Polyphenolic Antioxidants (pages 427โ458): Ashok R. Patel and Krassimir P. Velikov
Chapter 15 Antioxidant Polymers for Tuning Biomaterial Biocompatibility: From Drug Delivery to Tissue Engineering (pages 459โ484): David Cochran and Thomas D. Dziubla