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Advances in characterisation and biological activities of chitosan and chitosan oligosaccharides
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The preparation of COS and their physicochemical properties, and modification, which aids understanding of their biological activities are described, to provide comprehensive insights into research on the molecular level.About:
This article is published in Food Chemistry.The article was published on 2016-01-01. It has received 318 citations till now.read more
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Chitooligosaccharides and their biological activities: A comprehensive review.
Fakhra Liaqat,Rengin Eltem +1 more
TL;DR: This review has fully addressed the latest research on the biological activities of COS and the molecular mechanism behind these activities in a correlation with their physicochemical properties.
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Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS): An overview
Muhammad Naveed,Lucas Phil,Muhammad Sohail,Muhammad Hasnat,Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig,Awais Ullah Ihsan,Muhammad Shumzaid,Mohib Ullah Kakar,Tahir Mehmood Khan,M D Akabar,Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain,Qi-Gang Zhou +11 more
TL;DR: COS is shown to have higher cellular transduction and completely absorbable via intestinal epithelium due to its cationic sphere exposed on the more exposed shorter N-glucosamine (N-Glc) units.
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Chitosan in Biomedical Engineering: A Critical Review
Shabnam Mohebbi,Mojtaba Nasiri Nezhad,Payam Zarrintaj,Seyed Hassan Jafari,Saman Seyed Gholizadeh,Mohammad Reza Saeb,Masoud Mozafari +6 more
TL;DR: It is attempted here to draw a comprehensive overview of chitosan emerging applications in medicine, tissue engineering, drug delivery, gene therapy, cancer therapy, ophthalmology, dentistry, bio-imaging,Bio-sensing and diagnosis.
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Review on Natural Preservatives for Extending Fish Shelf Life.
TL;DR: Natural preservatives from microorganisms, plants, and animals have been shown potential in replacing the chemical antimicrobials in fish storage and bacteriocins and organic acids from bacteria showed good antimicrobial activities against spoilage bacteria.
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Bioactive chitosan/ellagic acid films with UV-light protection for active food packaging
Carla Vilela,Ricardo J.B. Pinto,Joel Coelho,Maria Rosário Domingues,Sara Daina,Patrizia Sadocco,Sónia A.O. Santos,Carmen S. R. Freire +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, translucent and flexible chitosan (CH) and ellagic acid (EA) films were prepared by solvent casting and various concentrations of EA (0.5, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0% w/w relative to CH) were used in order to evaluate their UV-blocking properties.
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Chitosan—A versatile semi-synthetic polymer in biomedical applications
TL;DR: The chemical structure and relevant biological properties of chitosan for regenerative medicine have been summarized as well as the methods for the preparation of controlled drug release devices and their applications.
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Recent developments in polysaccharide-based materials used as adsorbents in wastewater treatment
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Antibacterial activity of chitosans and chitosan oligomers with different molecular weights.
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Membrane phosphatidylserine regulates surface charge and protein localization
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Structure and interactions in chitosan hydrogels formed by complexation or aggregation for biomedical applications
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