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Marine Drugs, 2018 Chitosan is an abundant and renewable polysaccharide, which exhibits attractive bioactivities and natural properties. Improvement such as chemical modification of chitosan is often performed for its potential of providing high bioactivity and good water ...
Qing Li +3 more
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Gels, 2022 Chitosan is a prominent biopolymer in research for of its physicochemical properties and uses. Each year, the number of publications based on chitosan and its derivatives increases.
Kokila Thirupathi +8 more
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Neuroprotective Properties of Chitosan and Its Derivatives [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2010 Neuronal cells are extremely vulnerable and have a limited capacity for self-repair in response to injury. For those reasons, there is obvious interest in limiting neuronal damage. Mechanisms and strategies used in order to protect against neuronal injury, apoptosis, dysfunction, and degeneration in the central nervous system are recognized as ...
Se-Kwon Kim, Ratih Pangestuti
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Molecules, 2022 In the times of dynamically developing regenerative medicine, more and more attention is focused on the use of natural polymers. This is due to their high biocompatibility and biodegradability without the production of toxic compounds, which means that ...
Marta Szulc, Katarzyna Lewandowska
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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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Novel Chitosan Derivatives and Their Multifaceted Biological Applications
Applied Sciences, 2022 Chitosan is a rather attractive material, especially because of its bio-origins as well as generation from exoskeletal waste. As the mantle has been effectively transferred from chitin to chitosan, so has it been extrapolated to in-house synthesized ...
Iyyakkannu Sivanesan +6 more
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Nanostructured Chitosan-Based Biomaterials for Sustained and Colon-Specific Resveratrol Release [PDF]
, 2019 In the present work, we demonstrate the preparation of chitosan-based composites as vehicles of the natural occurring multi-drug resveratrol (RES). Such systems are endowed with potential therapeutic effects on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as ...
Benito Hernández, Elena María +5 more
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Glucosamine, Chitosan, Chitosan Derivatives, Chitosan Oligosaccharide
, 2023 Glucosamine, Chitosan, Chitosan Derivatives, Chitosan ...
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Chitin, Chitosan, and Its Derivatives for Wound Healing: Old and New Materials
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2015 Chitin (β-(1-4)-poly-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) is widely distributed in nature and is the second most abundant polysaccharide after cellulose. It is often converted to its more deacetylated derivative, chitosan.
Kazuo Azuma +7 more
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Chitosan-Cellulose Composite for Wound Dressing Material. Part 2. Antimicrobial Activity, Blood Absorption Ability, and Biocompatibility [PDF]
, 2014 Chitosan (CS), a polysaccharide derived from chitin, the second most abundant polysaccharide, is widely used in the medical world because of its natural and nontoxic properties and its innate ability for antibacterial and hemostasis effects.
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