Cyclodextrins (CDs) are cyclic oligosaccharides renowned for their distinctive truncated cone structure, which features a hydrophobic internal cavity and a hydrophilic exterior. This molecular ...

Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is a critical enzyme used for converting starch into cyclodextrins, cyclic oligosaccharides with unique inner cavities that are highly valued in the food, ...

Cardiovascular disease from atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Inflammation plays a crucial role in atherosclerosis and cholesterol crystals are considered to be ...

CycloPure, a start-up developing water filtration products, has raised $5 million to accelerate commercialization of its cyclodextrin polymer technology. The company, founded by Northwestern ...

A new method for making γ-cyclodextrin could provide a cheaper and simpler route to this promising yet pricey host molecule. The synthesis, which uses a photoswitchable hydrazone template, might also ...

Wacker has won approval from the European Commission for the use of gamma-cyclodextrins, ring-shaped sugar molecules, as a clean label novel food ingredient. Cyclodextrins are used in other parts of ...

Two ingredients – fructose and alpha-cyclodextrin – can now carry claims that they lead to a lower blood glucose rise, as the European Union adopts its latest batch of article 13 health claims.

Cats with Niemann Pick Type C -- which mirrors the human version of the disease -- show vast improvements when treated with a compound called cyclodextrin, researchers have found. While NPC typically ...

Fast-scanning atomic force microscopy imaging of the molecule at two different time points shows positional shifts along the polymer chain on the left. On the right, the molecular structure of PEG ...

Hardened and inflamed arteries, atherosclerosis, can be very dangerous. The consequences of atherosclerosis are among the most common causes of death in industrialized nations; in particular heart ...

A sugar that freshens air in rooms may also clean cholesterol out of hardened arteries. The sugar, cyclodextrin, removed cholesterol that had built up in the arteries of mice fed a high-fat diet, ...