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Diversity in the entire polysaccharide kingdom is due to the evolutionary pressures faced by these source organisms since millions of years; this diversity is the basis of utilization of these biopolymers for human use. Polysaccharides have found specific and critical applications in food, biomedical, food, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture sectors. Although an extensive discussion of each and every application would be outside the scope of the present text, the main applications of each of the polysaccharide have been summarized below.