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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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Simultaneous adsorption of heavy metal ions and anions from aqueous solutions on chitosan—Investigated by spectrophotometry and SEM-EDX analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the surface of chitosan flakes were investigated before and after the adsorption process by SEM and SEM-EDX, respectively, and the formation of crystal-like structures was observed by SEM analysis for the investigation of copper sulfate and iron sulfate.
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Antimicrobial macromolecules: synthesis methods and future applications
TL;DR: Recent advances and challenges in the manufacture and application of antimicrobial macromolecules are summarized and their applications in addressing challenges associated with infectious disease and antibiotic-resistance are discussed.
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Layer-by-layer self-assembly of minocycline-loaded chitosan/alginate multilayer on titanium substrates to inhibit biofilm formation
TL;DR: Li et al. as mentioned in this paper constructed antibacterial multilayer coatings loaded with minocycline on surface of Ti substrates using chitosan and alginate based on layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly technique.
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Environmental assessment of chitosan-based films.
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative environmental assessment between two different food packaging systems was carried out: a commercial food packaging film based on polypropylene (PP) and a new biodegradable chitosan-based film developed in our labs.
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Polyurethane-Grafted Chitosan as New Biomaterials for Controlled Drug Delivery
Arun Kumar Mahanta,Vikas Mittal,Nitesh Singh,Debabrata Dash,Sudip Malik,Mohan Kumar,Pralay Maiti +6 more
TL;DR: Molecular relaxations phenomena due to the constraint associated with the grafting have been revealed using spin–lattice relaxation tine (T1) and shifting of peak position in tan δ curve toward lower temperature in dynamic mechanical measurement at constant frequency indicating flexible nature of graft copolymers as compared to pure CHT.
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Complexation Thermodynamics of Cyclodextrins.
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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.