eFood, 2023 The aim of this study was to extract chitin and chitosan from shrimp shells by neutral protease‐assisted microwave multiple heating (one, two, three, and four) treatment.
Qiqi Dong +6 more
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Determination of the Optimum Conditions for Production of Chitosan Nanoparticles [PDF]
علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر, 2007 Bioedegradable nanoparticles are intensively investigated for their potential applications in drug delivery systems. Being a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, chitosan holds great promise for use in this area. This investigation was concerned with
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Microwave-enhanced synthesis of biodegradable multifunctional chitosan hydrogels for wastewater treatment [PDF]
, 2017 Chitosan, a derivative of chitin, is a biodegradable polymer known of its favorable properties, applicable in medicine and industry. Commonly obtained chitosan hydrogels are of various swelling capacity, and may bind only anions losing their ...
Janus, Łukasz +3 more
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Antimicrobial activity of chitosan nanoparticles
Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021 Chitosan is a deacetylated chitin which is found naturally, particularly in fungal cell walls and crustacean shells. Chitosan is biocompatible and fully biodegradable and is extensively analyzed for antimicrobial property. Chitosan has also been explored
Samiyah Saeed Al-Zahrani +2 more
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Chitosan obtained from abundant marine resources has been proven to have a variety of biological activities. However, due to its poor water solubility, chitosan application is limited, and the degradation products of chitosan oligosaccharides are better ...
Dawei Yu +9 more
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Sustainable CO2 adsorbents prepared by coating chitosan onto mesoporous silicas for large-scale carbon capture technology [PDF]
, 2015 In this article, we report a new sustainable synthesis procedure for manufacturing chitosan/silica CO2 adsorbents. Chitosan is a naturally abundant material and contains amine functionality, which is essential for selective CO2 adsorptions.
Ganin, Alexey Y. +2 more
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Synthesis, characterization and anticoagulant activity of chitosan derivatives
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020 Chitosan derivatives are reported as anticoagulants in the literature. This work was undertaken to develop novel chitosan derivatives as anticoagulants.
Mohd. Imran +3 more
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Facile synthesis of chitosan-capped ZnS quantum dots as an eco-friendly fluorescence sensor for rapid determination of bisphenol A in water and plastic samples [PDF]
, 2014 This paper describes a novel eco-friendly fluorescence sensor for determination of bisphenol A (BPA) based on chitosan-capped ZnS quantum dots (QDs). By using safe and inexpensive materials, nontoxic ZnS QDs were synthesized via an environment-friendly ...
Bie, Jiaxin +7 more
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Antitumor effect of therapeutic HPV DNA vaccines with chitosan-based nanodelivery systems [PDF]
, 2014 Cervical cancer is the second-most-common cause of malignancies in women worldwide, and the oncogenic activity of the human papilloma virus types (HPV) E7 protein has a crucial role in anogenital tumors.
Atyabi, F. +8 more
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Preparations, properties and applications of chitosan based nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2011 Chitosan is soluble in most acids. The protonation of the amino groups on the chitosan backbone inhibits the electrospinnability of pure chitosan.
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