Showing papers in "International Journal of Biological Macromolecules in 2016"

TL;DR: In this review, after a brief explanation of antimicrobial activity of chitosan and its importance, the factors affecting the antimicrobial properties of this biopolymer are discussed.

TL;DR: The current knowledge on the isolation of MCC from different sources using various procedures, its characterization, and its application in bio-composites is assembled.

TL;DR: An overview of various substrates, microorganisms for the economical production of PHAs and its copolymers is provided.

TL;DR: The results indicated that samples produced with MD+GA as wall materials represented the highest process efficiency and best powder quality; the optimum conditions of microencapsulation process for barberry anthocyanins were found to be the wall material content and Anthocyanin load of 24.54% and 13.82%, respectively.

TL;DR: An overview of the nature, chemistry and properties of guar gum is given and recent developments in its modifications and applications in major industries like hydraulic fracturing, explosives, food, agriculture, textile, paper, cosmetics, bioremediation, drug delivery, medical and pharmaceuticals are discussed.

TL;DR: Polysaccharide major functions involved in antitumor, anti-virus, and anti-inflammatory bioactivities are described and the methods widely used in isolation and purification of polysaccharides are introduced.

TL;DR: In this review, CS and its properties, and the role of CS along with other polymeric and ceramic materials as scaffolds for bone tissue repair applications are highlighted.

TL;DR: The present study suggests that the synergistic combination of CUR (anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant), chitosan (sustain drug carrier, wound healing) and collagen (established wound healer as scaffold) is a promising strategy to address various pathological manifestations of diabetic wounds and have better wound healing capability.

TL;DR: This review sheds a light on lignin derivatives based materials with their prospective applications and all the technical scientific issues have been addressed highlighting the recent advancement.

TL;DR: The effect of nanoceramics over native ceramics in developing composites, its role in osteogenesis etc. are the gist of this review.

TL;DR: The present mini-review focuses on the use of nanomaterials such as dendrimers, mesoporous silicas and chitosan nanosorbents in the treatment of wastewater contaminated with toxic heavy-metal ions.

TL;DR: SEM result presents that the addition of GO obviously improves the porous structures of aerogel, which is beneficial for the enhancement of strength-toughness and adsorbability.

TL;DR: It is found that the biocomposite films of PLA with 1, 3 and 5wt% of ZnO have been investigated to determine mechanical, barrier and antimicrobial (against Escherichia coli) properties and are characterized by a good dispersion of the ZNO particles in PLA matrix.

TL;DR: The adsorption capacity of CS50SP50 composite for both the dyes was found better compared to previous studies thus making it potentially low-cost adsorbent for removal of both cationic and reactive dyes.

TL;DR: The pathophysiological and pharmacological properties and the clinical uses of native and modified HA are reviewed and the therapeutic applications of HA-based bioscaffolds in organ-specific tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are highlighted.

TL;DR: The critical analysis of recent literature covering production of cellulase in solid state fermentation using advance technologies such as consolidated bioprocessing, metabolic engineering and strain improvement, and circumscribes the strategies to improve the enzyme yield are summarized.

TL;DR: The results suggest that nano-encapsulation of olive leaf extract within inner aqueous phase of W/O/W emulsions was successful, and there could be a high potential for the application of Olive leaf extract in fortification of food products.

TL;DR: This review aims to present an overview on synthesis of biocompatible, biodegradable and cost effective polyesters from biomass and their prospective in different fields including packaging, coating, tissue engineering, drug delivery system and many more.

TL;DR: The new superabsorbent polymers fabricated via grafting polymerization of acrylic acid from chitosan (CTS/Cell) proved to be very efficient devices for controlled release of fertilizers into the soil which expands their use in agriculture and horticultural applications.

TL;DR: TiO2 nanoparticles improved the functional properties of potato starch film and extended the potential for food packaging applications.

TL;DR: This review aims at highlighting the diverse biomedical research conducted on konjac glucomannan in the past ten years, covering therapies for anti-obesity, regulation in lipid metabolism, laxative effect, anti-diabetic,Anti-inflammatory, prebiotic to wound dressing applications.

TL;DR: The antioxidant activities of the polysaccharide in vitro assay indicate that DOP has good scavenging activity of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, higher scavengingActivity of hydroxyl radical, and metal chelating activities.

TL;DR: Close agreement was found between experimental and predicted values at the extraction conditions defined as optimum, and harsh conditions enhanced the extraction yield and the galacturonic acid contents, but decreased the degree of methoxylation.

TL;DR: Physico-chemical properties of graphene that plays a key role in toxicity prediction are reviewed and the potential environmental risk associated with these carbon materials is addressed in order to avoid unintentional leaching of these materials into surface water.

TL;DR: It was showed that the MCGO offered enormous potential applications for water treatment, including antibacterial and dye removal and MCGO's adsorption performance for methyl orange (MO).

TL;DR: X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry analysis showed that crystallinity and thermal stability of derivatives was lower than chitosan and decreased with increase of DS¯, and it was possible to obtain carboxymethyl chitan with DS¯ of 1.86 and solubility of 99.6%.

TL;DR: This review sheds a light on chitin and chitosan based PVA materials with their potential applications especially focusing the bio-medical field and all the technical scientific issues have been addressed highlighting the recent advancement.

TL;DR: The results advocate potential of microcapsules as a novel carrier for the safeguard and sustained release of micronutrient in casein/gum tragacanth mixtures as a function of pH, initial protein to polysaccharide mixing ratio, core material load and ionic strength.

TL;DR: LNP proved to be highly efficient in antioxidation activity, based on the disappearance of the absorption band at 517nm of the free radical, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) upon reduction by an antiradical compound; moreover the combination of LNP and CNC generates a synergistic positive effect in the antoxidation response of PLA ternary films.

TL;DR: Research on marine polysaccharide-based nanomaterials is emerging in nanobiotechnological fields such as drug delivery, gene delivery, tissue engineering, cancer therapy, wound dressing, biosensors, and water treatment.