Natural Products: A Minefield of Biomaterials

Table 8

Types of polysaccharides.

Types	Examples
Bacterial	Xanthan, dextran, gellan, and cellulose
Fungal	Pullulan, elsinan, yeast, and glucan
Plant	Starch, alginate, and tannin
Animal	Chitin, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, lignin, and tannin