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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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Botryticidal Activity of Nanosized Silver-Chitosan Composite and Its Application for the Control of Gray Mold in Strawberry
TL;DR: Strawberry coating, with antifungal composite based solution, was the disappearance of gray mold infection signs in 90% of the contaminated fruits after 7 d of storage, treated fruits had a fresh-like appearance at the end of storage.
Chitin and chitosan hydrogels.
TL;DR: While the controlled and targeted delivery of drugs is obtained today with chitosan-based vectors capable of forming safe and bioresorbable hydrogels, on the other hand intelligent articles and sensors are currently manufactured from chitOSanHydrogels as well.
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Preparation of Chitosan with Different Characteristics and Its Application for Biofilms Production
Jaqueline Motta de Moura,Bruna Silva de Farias,Denys A. S. Rodrigues,Catarina Motta de Moura,Guilherme Luiz Dotto,Luiz Antonio de Almeida Pinto +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, different chitosan samples were obtained and were applied to produce biopolymeric films, aiming to obtain environmentally friendly materials for packaging applications, which had physical-mechanical properties acceptable for use in active food packaging.
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Immobilization of invertase on chitosan coated γ-Fe2O3 magnetic nanoparticles to facilitate magnetic separation
TL;DR: It was found that invertase immobilized on MNPs (IIMNPs) were more stable at varying pH and temperature conditions than free enzyme, and the ability to convert sucrose into invert syrup was enhanced in immobilized inverts.
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3D printing of a self-healing nanocomposite for stretchable sensors
TL;DR: In this paper, a multilayer carbon nanotubes (CNT) and chitosan (CS) nanocomposite with self-healing ability and electrical conductivity based on water vapor was reported.
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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.