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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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Alginate: properties and biomedical applications
Kuen Yong Lee,David J. Mooney +1 more
TL;DR: This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.
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Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation
TL;DR: In this paper, a review discusses the various attempts reported on solving this problem from the point of view of the chemistry and the structure of these polymers highlighting the drawbacks and advantages of each method and proposes that based on considerations of structure-property relations, it is possible to obtain chitin fibers with improved strength by making use of their nanostructures and/or mesophase properties of chitins.
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Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties
TL;DR: In this article, the basic building blocks are described, starting with the 20 amino acids and proceeding to polypeptides, polysaccharides, and polyprotein-saccharide.
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Application of chitosan, a natural aminopolysaccharide, for dye removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption processes using batch studies: A review of recent literature
TL;DR: A review of the use of chitosan and its grafted and crosslinked derivatives for dye removal from aqueous solutions can be found in this paper, which summarizes the key advances and results that have been obtained in their decolorizing application as biosorbents.
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Chitosan-based biomaterials for tissue engineering
TL;DR: The preparation and properties of innovative chitosan-based biomaterials, with respect to their future applications, are highlighted, with a special focus on wound healing application.
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Study of the interpolyelectrolyte reaction between chitosan and carboxymethyl cellulose
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Appilcation of Chitin and Chitosan to Pharmaceutical Preparations. I. : Film Preparation and in Vitro Evaluation
TL;DR: In this article, three types of chitosan films containing prednisolone (PD) were prepared and drug release fromt the films was studied in vitro in vitro.
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Solution studies of chitosan 6‐O‐sulfate
Maria Terbojevich,Claudio Carraro,Alessandro Cosani,B. Focher,Anna Maria Naggi,Giangiacomo Torri +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the properties of sulfated chitosan with different degrees of acetylation were studied at pH conditions which promote a polyampholyte structure, probably due to ordered structures in highly acetylated regions of the parent chitosa.
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Structural study of α chitin from the grasping spines of the arrow worm ( Sagitta spp. )
TL;DR: The antiparallelism of the chitin chains in a system that can be considered as a model for α chitins is confirmed, resulting from the high perfection of the samples as well as their thicknesses.
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Interactions of chitin, chitosan, N-lauryl chitosan and N-dimethylaminopropyl chitosan with olive oil
TL;DR: Chitin, chitosan and the newly synthesized and fully characterized N-lauryl chitosaan, endowed with higher hydrophobicity and cationicity, respectively, were tested for their capacity to alter the composition of olive oil upon percolation of the latter through a bed of their respective powders as discussed by the authors.