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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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Extraction and characterization of chitin and chitosan from fishery waste by chemical method
TL;DR: In this paper, the obtained chitin and chitosan have been characterized by using different techniques like spectral analysis, X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
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Superhydrophilic anti-fouling electrospun cellulose acetate membranes coated with chitin nanocrystals for water filtration
TL;DR: In this paper, the chitin nanocrystal surface coating significantly impacted the surface properties of the membranes, producing a super-hydrophilic membrane (contact angle 0°) from the original hydrophobic CA mats.
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Materials of marine origin: a review on polymers and ceramics of biomedical interest
Tiago H. Silva,Anabela Alves,B. M. Ferreira,Joaquim M. Oliveira,L. L. Reys,R. J. F. Ferreira,Rui A. Sousa,Simone S. Silva,João F. Mano,Rui L. Reis +9 more
TL;DR: This report reviews the work that is being developed on the isolation and characterisation of some polysaccharides, proteins, glycosaminoglycans and ceramics from marine raw materials, and reviews the application of the previously mentioned materials on specific biomedical applications, in particular their participation on the development of controlled drug delivery systems and tissue engineering scaffolds.
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Carbohydrate polymers: Applications and recent advances in delivering drugs to the colon
Raj Kumar Shukla,Akanksha Tiwari +1 more
TL;DR: This review focus on approaches to emerging discipline, revisits the existing technologies and future development of colon specific delivery systems, and concludes that polysaccharides that are precisely activated by the physiological environment of the colon hold great promise.
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Poriferan Chitin as a Versatile Template for Extreme Biomimetics
Marcin Wysokowski,Iaroslav Petrenko,Allison L. Stelling,Dawid Stawski,Teofil Jesionowski,Hermann Ehrlich +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a short history of the discovery of chitin isolated from sponges is described, as well as its evolutionarily ancient roots and the unique structural, mechanical, and thermal properties of this naturally occurring polymer to illuminate how its physicochemical properties may find uses in diverse areas of the material sciences.
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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.