Whether the polysacharides are really effective orally as pharmacological agents beyond their high molecular weight?

Sanmugapriya Ekambaram @Sanmugapriya-Ekambaram

19 November 2017 0 8K Report

Plant based polysaccharides are reported to have a big list of pharmacological activities as evidenced by the scientific literatures. I wonder how is this possible when all of them have molecular weights on higher side?

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