Showing papers in "International Journal of Biological Macromolecules in 2013"

TL;DR: Chitosan based nanomaterials have superior physical and chemical properties such as high surface area, porosity, tensile strength, conductivity, photo-luminescent as well as increased mechanical properties as comparison to pure chitOSan.

TL;DR: Inclusion of indigestible carbohydrates as dietary fiber in daily diet imparts several health benefits such as prevention or reduction of bowel disorders, and decrease risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

TL;DR: The synergistic effects of nano dressing such as good antibacterial ability, high swelling properties, high water vapour transmission rate (WVTR), excellent hydrophilic nature, biocompatibility, wound appearance, wound closure rate and histological study through in vivo test makes it a suitable candidate for wound healing applications.

TL;DR: The results of the present study suggest that SEO as a natural antibacterial agent can potentially be used in packaging a wide range of food products, particularly those that are highly oxidative and microbial sensitive.

TL;DR: The water absorption and swelling behavior of these films were greatly improved by the increase in Aloe vera proportion, and the solubility studies demonstrated the insolubility of the films after 24h of immersion in distilled water.

TL;DR: From this study, it is evident that chitosan based nanoparticles particularly ch itosan and Cu-chitOSan nanoparticles have tremendous potential for further field screening towards crop protection.

TL;DR: The brown seaweed fucoidan structure and some biological function and role in apoptosis, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis and growth signal mechanism on cancer are discussed.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the EPS from L. plantarum C88 has antioxidant effects that may involve scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS), up-regulation of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant activities, and reduction of lipid peroxidation.

TL;DR: The purpose of the present review is to summarize previous and current references regarding biological activities as well as potential health benefits of L. barbarum polysaccharides.

TL;DR: The results suggest that this nanocomposite sponges could be used as a potential material for wound dressing for DFU infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria if the optimal concentration of nAg exhibiting antibacterial action with least toxicity towards mammalian cells is identified.

TL;DR: This review has described occurrence of various galactomannans, its physicochemical properties, characterization, applications, and overview of some major galactOMannans.

TL;DR: An overview of nutraceutical effects and potential health benefits of SPs derived from marine algae is presented, which shows that marine algae derived SPs have great potential to be further developed as medicinal food products or nutrProducts in the food industry.

TL;DR: It is revealed that an active chitosan film could be obtained by incorporation of tea extracts, which may provide new formulation options for developing an antioxidant active packaging.

TL;DR: The adsorption isotherm was better explained by the Freundlich rather than by the Langmuir model, as the high correlation coefficients were obtained at a higher confidence level.

TL;DR: The results of EIS indicate that the value of CPEs tends to decrease and both charge transfer resistance and inhibition efficiency tend to increase by increasing the inhibitor concentration, and the investigated inhibitor has shown good inhibition efficiency in 0.5 M HCl.

TL;DR: It was found that nanochitosan in the solid state was rod shaped which could sorb Cr (VI) to Cr (III) ions effectively and is an excellent material as a biosorbent for Cr removal from water.

TL;DR: Water solubility and water vapor permeability of the nanocomposites decreased by about 40% and 17%, respectively, upon increasing the CN content to 10%, which suggested the occurrence of partial agglomeration of the fillers at 10% that coincided with microstructural and mechanical results.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that AMP has antitumor activity in vivo at least partly via improving immune responses of host organism, and seems to be safe and effective for the use of anti-tumor therapy.

TL;DR: Cumulative results indicate the prepared nanocomposite scaffold as a prospective candidate for bone tissue engineering.

TL;DR: The result showed the nanofibers had good biocompatibility and would be used as potential wound dressing for skin regeneration and the crystalline microstructure of the electrospun fibers was not well developed.

TL;DR: GA-g-chitosan showed increased α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activity with the increase of grafting ratio, indicating the potential of GA- g-chITosan in the development of an effective anti-diabetic agent.

TL;DR: The optimized FSM-alginate mucoadhesive beads containing metformin HCl showed significant hypoglycemic effect in alloxan-induced diabetic rats over prolonged period after oral administration.

TL;DR: The blowfly larvae could be a novel alternative source of chitosan and might be used as a natural antioxidant.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the Zn-CS/β-GP hydrogel could have potential impact as an injectable in situ forming scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications.

TL;DR: Functional hydrogel formation by crosslinked chitosan and alginate, a novel biomaterial which also supports cell growth is presented.

TL;DR: The results suggested the potential of phenolic acids grafted NOCC for the development of effective antioxidant agents as well as antioxidant activity in vitro assays showed that the antioxidant property decreased in the order of GA-g-NOCC>CA- g-noCC>FA-g,O-carboxymethyl chitosan.

TL;DR: In vitro biomineralization ability of the scaffold was assessed and thus the effectiveness of PPy-Alg/chitosan scaffold in the field of tissue engineering was evaluated.

TL;DR: To optimize polysaccharide extraction from Spirulina sp.

TL;DR: The density of scaffolds and its compressive modulus increased with an increasing amount of hydroxyapatite and collagen concentration in the composite scaffold, while the swelling ratio and porosity decreased.

TL;DR: The high antitumour effect of low molecular weight of chitin was established and the specific cytotoxic effects of Chitin and derivatives to tumour cell lines was demonstrated.