Journal ArticleDOI
Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications
TLDR
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
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Potassium Release Kinetics and Water Retention of Controlled-Release Fertilizers Based on Chitosan Hydrogels
TL;DR: In this paper, a controlled release fertilizer (CRF) hydrogels were prepared from poly(vinyl alcohol), polyvinyl acid, polyvinylon alcohol/chitosan and chitosans using glutaraldehyde as a crosslinker.
Book ChapterDOI
Characterization and Properties of Chitosan
TL;DR: In this paper, the degree of deacetylation of chitin was determined by the proportion of D-glucosamine and N-acetylD-glocosamine units in the polymeric chain.
Journal ArticleDOI
Chitosan: An undisputed bio-fabrication material for tissue engineering and bio-sensing applications
Anupriya Baranwal,Ashutosh Kumar,A. Priyadharshini,Gopi Suresh Oggu,Ira Bhatnagar,Ananya Srivastava,Pranjal Chandra +6 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive review which aims to acquaint its readers with the exceptional properties of chitosan and its usage in the domain of biomedicine, tissue engineering, and biosensor fabrication.
Journal ArticleDOI
Recovery of protein, chitin, carotenoids and glycosaminoglycans from Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) processing waste
Thiago Barbosa Cahú,Suzan Diniz Santos,Aline Mendes,Carolina R. Córdula,Suely F. Chavante,Luiz B. Carvalho,Helena B. Nader,Ranilson de Souza Bezerra +7 more
TL;DR: Data point to the feasibility of an integrated process for isolating highly bioactive molecules, such as sulfated- and amino-polysaccharides, with a broad spectrum of applications from shrimp processing waste.
Journal ArticleDOI
Carbon nanotubes in cancer therapy: a more precise look at the role of carbon nanotube–polymer interactions
TL;DR: This comprehensive review focuses on the achievements of the and other groups in currently used methods to functionalize the surface of CNTs with polymers to produce anticancer drug delivery systems.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Complexation Thermodynamics of Cyclodextrins.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.
Journal ArticleDOI
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.