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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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Role of chitin nanocrystals and nanofibers on physical, mechanical and functional properties in thermoplastic starch films
TL;DR: In this article, the role of different nano-chitin morphologies on the structural and functional properties of thermoplastic starch-based films prepared by casting-evaporation approach was evaluated and compared.
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Chitosan adsorbents for dye removal: a review
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the important contribution of chitosan derivatives to the dye removal process by adsorption, including grafting and cross-linking reactions.
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Covalent and injectable chitosan-chondroitin sulfate hydrogels embedded with chitosan microspheres for drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Ming Fan,Ye Ma,Huaping Tan,Yang Jia,Siyue Zou,Shuxuan Guo,Meng Zhao,Hao Huang,Zhonghua Ling,Yong Chen,Xiaohong Hu +10 more
TL;DR: The results show that mechanical and bioactive properties of gel scaffolds can be significantly improved by embedding CMs, and the composite CMs/gel scaffolds exhibited lower swelling ratio and slower degradation rate than the control hydrogel without CMs.
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Mercury(II) Removal with Modified Magnetic Chitosan Adsorbents
TL;DR: Two modified chitosan derivatives were prepared in order to compare their adsorption properties for Hg(II) removal from aqueous solutions and the reuse ability of the adsorbents prepared was confirmed with sequential cycles of adsorbent-desorption.
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Innovative Green Technologies of Intensification for Valorization of Seafood and Their by-Products.
Fadila Al Khawli,Mirian Pateiro,Rubén Domínguez,José M. Lorenzo,Patricia Gullón,Katerina Kousoulaki,Emilia Ferrer,Houda Berrada,Francisco J. Barba +8 more
TL;DR: This review is focusing on analyzing the principles and the use of UAE and SFE as emerging technologies to valorize seafoods and their by-products.
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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.