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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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A review on carbohydrate embedded polyurethanes: An emerging area in the scope of biomedical applications.
TL;DR: This review summarizes the recent trends in PUs embedded with carbohydrates ranging from monosaccharide to polysaccharides, including supramolecular host such as cyclodextrin etc.
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The evolution of mineral processing in extraction of rare earth elements using solid-liquid extraction over liquid-liquid extraction: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the fundamental in the production of rare earth elements (REE) specifically on the extraction of REE, and discovered the potential of rare-earth extraction through solid-liquid extraction (SLE).
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Drug delivery and tissue engineering applications of biocompatible pectin-chitin/nano CaCO3 composite scaffolds.
P.T. Sudheesh Kumar,C. Ramya,Rangasamy Jayakumar,Shantikumar V. Nair,Vinoth-Kumar Lakshmanan +4 more
TL;DR: The developed composite scaffold shows controlled swelling and degradation in comparison with the control scaffold and possesses the essential requisites for their application in the fields of tissue engineering and drug delivery.
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Construction of blood compatible lysine-immobilized chitin/carbon nanotube microspheres and potential applications for blood purified therapy
Shuangquan Wu,Bo Duan,Xianpeng Zeng,Ang Lu,Xiaojuan Xu,Yanfeng Wang,Qifa Ye,Lina Zhang,Lina Zhang +8 more
TL;DR: An effective strategy to develop a novel biocompatible and blood compatible bilirubin adsorbent is provided, showing potential applications for hemoperfusion in blood purified therapy.
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Larvae Mediated Valorization of Industrial, Agriculture and Food Wastes: Biorefinery Concept through Bioconversion, Processes, Procedures, and Products
Harish Karthikeyan Ravi,Antoine Degrou,Jérôme Costil,Christophe Trespeuch,Farid Chemat,Maryline Abert Vian +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of black soldier fly (BSF) and Hermetia illucens (HERMIA) processing methods and functional properties of nutrients obtained thereof is presented, and the data on industrial-scale extraction, fractionation and biorefinery schemes for screening the nutritional potential of BSF are scarce.
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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.