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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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The Lingula genome provides insights into brachiopod evolution and the origin of phosphate biomineralization.
Yi-Jyun Luo,Takeshi Takeuchi,Ryo Koyanagi,Lixy Yamada,Miyuki Kanda,Mariia Khalturina,Manabu Fujie,Shinichi Yamasaki,Kazuyoshi Endo,Noriyuki Satoh +9 more
TL;DR: The genome of Lingula anatina is decoded to gain insights into brachiopod evolution, and it is shown that Lingula lacks genes involved in bone formation, indicating an independent origin of their phosphate biominerals.
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Fabrication and characterization of chitosan/gelatin/nSiO2 composite scaffold for bone tissue engineering
TL;DR: Cumulative results indicate the prepared nanocomposite scaffold as a prospective candidate for bone tissue engineering.
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Chitosan-hydroxyapatite composites.
TL;DR: The short review focus in biomaterials such as chitosan and calcium phosphates composites with excellent properties such as biocompatibility, biofunctionality, and non-antigenic, showing the feasibility and ideal material to treat musculoskeletal disorders for hard tissue regeneration.
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Wet chemical synthesis of chitosan hydrogel-hydroxyapatite composite membranes for tissue engineering applications.
K. Madhumathi,K.T. Shalumon,V.V. Divya Rani,Hiroshi Tamura,Tetsuya Furuike,Nagarajan Selvamurugan,Shantikumar V. Nair,Rangasamy Jayakumar +7 more
TL;DR: The biocompatibility studies suggest that chitosan hydrogel-HAp composite membranes can be useful for tissue-engineering applications.
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Recent Advances on the Soluble Carbon Nanotubes
TL;DR: A review of the functionalization methods leading to soluble carbon nanotubes can be found in this article, where the authors focus on macrocycles, biomolecules, and polymers, as well as using such special techniques as use of radionuclides, irradiation, microwave treatment, or pulsed streamer discharge.
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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.