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Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications
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Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world as mentioned in this paper, and the main sources of chitin are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs, which are used for food, cosmetics, biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2006-07-01. It has received 6365 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chitin nanofibril.read more
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Alginate/Phosphine-Functionalized Chitosan Beads Towards the Removal of Harmful Metal Ions from Aqueous Medium
Jaqueline F. de Souza,E. C. da Silva,André F. P. Biajoli,Daisa Hakbart Bonemann,Anderson Schwingel Ribeiro,André R. Fajardo +5 more
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Biological macromolecules for enzyme immobilization
TL;DR: A broad overview of the properties and the applications of various naturally occurring biopolymers for their applications in enzyme immobilization with recent literature studies indicating biopolymer-based support material development and their utilization to make biocatalysts with desired stability and catalytic functionalities as mentioned in this paper .
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Chitosan-Based Biomaterials: Their Interaction with Natural and Synthetic Materials for Cartilage, Bone, Cardiac, Vascular, and Neural Tissue Engineering
Nazanin Amiryaghoubi,Marziyeh Fathi,Khosro Adibkia,Jaleh Barar,Hossein Omidian,Yadollah Omidi +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, various techniques used to produce chitosan-based biomaterials are discussed in terms of their applications for regeneration of multiple types of tissues such as bone, cartilage, cardiac, vascular, and neural tissues.
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Incorporation of aquaporins into polymeric membranes for water purification
TL;DR: It is suggested that within the next few weeks, the water quality in the Gulf of Mexico will improve, and the quality of the water in the surrounding area will also improve.
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Chitosan chemistry and pharmaceutical perspectives.
TL;DR: Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sector 67, S. S. Nagar, Punjab-160 062, India, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University, Via Ranieri 67, IT-60100 Ancona, Italy, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Natural Products,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Application of chitin- and chitosan-based materials for enzyme immobilizations: a review
TL;DR: A review of the literature on enzymes immobilized on chitin- and chitosan-based materials, covering the last decade, is presented in this paper, where one hundred fifty-eight papers on 63 immobilized enzymes for multiplicity of applications ranging from wine, sugar and fish industry, through organic compounds removal from wastewaters to sophisticated biosensors for both in situ measurements of environmental pollutants and metabolite control in artificial organs, are reviewed.
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Novel injectable neutral solutions of chitosan form biodegradable gels in situ
Abdellatif Chenite,C Chaput,Dadong Wang,C Combes,Michael D. Buschmann,Caroline D. Hoemann,Jean-Christophe Leroux,B.L Atkinson,F Binette,A Selmani +9 more
TL;DR: This study reports for the first time the use of polymer/polyol salt aqueous solutions as gelling systems, suggesting the discovery of a prototype for a new family of thermosetting gels highly compatible with biological compounds.
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An infrared investigation in relation with chitin and chitosan characterization
J Brugnerotto,J. Lizardi,Francisco M. Goycoolea,Waldo Argüelles-Monal,Jacques Desbrieres,Marguerite Rinaudo +5 more
TL;DR: The use of infrared spectroscopy for characterization of the composition of chitin and chitosan covering the entire range of degree of acetylation (DA) and a wide variety of raw materials is examined further in this article.