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Facile Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity of Cellulose-Chitosan-Hydroxyapatite Composite Material: A Potential Material for Bone Tissue Engineering [PDF]

, 2013
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is often used as a bone-implant material because it is biocompatible and osteoconductive. However, HAp possesses poor rheological properties and it is inactive against disease-causing microbes.
Harkins, April, Mututuvari, Tamutsiwa M., Tran, Chieu D.   +2 more
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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, Ryotaro Izumi, Tomohiro Osaki, Shinsuke Ifuku, Minoru Morimoto, Hiroyuki Saimoto, Saburo Minami, Yoshiharu Okamoto   +7 more
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Glucosamine, Chitosan, Chitosan Derivatives, Chitosan Oligosaccharide

, 2023
Glucosamine, Chitosan, Chitosan Derivatives, Chitosan ...
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Update on Chitosan-Based Hydrogels: Preparation, Characterization, and Its Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Applications

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, Chaitany Jayaprakash Raorane, Vanaraj Ramkumar, Selvakumari Ulagesan, Madhappan Santhamoorthy, Vinit Raj, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar, Thi Tuong Vy Phan, Seong-Cheol Kim   +8 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.
Altiok, Anderson, Anderson, Augustine, Aziz, Bordenave, Burkatovskaya, Burkatovskaya, Burkatovskaya, Cai, Cai, Chatelet, Costerton, Dai, Dai, El-Mekawy, Fakhry, Fink, Finkenstadt, Fulton, Ignatova, Ignatova, Jain, Jayakumar, Jayakumar, Kiyozumi, Kloth, Kong, Lee, Miao, Mori, Mori, Naficy, Oliveira, Pinto, Rabea, Rabea, Sandoval, Silva, Silva, Spoering, Terrill, Tran, Varshosaz, Werner, Wu, Xia   +46 more
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Antidiabetic Properties of Chitosan and Its Derivatives

Marine Drugs, 2022
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder. In addition to taking medication, adjusting the composition of the diet is also considered one of the effective methods to control the levels of blood glucose. Chitosan and its derivatives are natural and versatile biomaterials with health benefits.
Huei-Ping Tzeng, Shing-Hwa Liu, Meng-Tsan Chiang   +2 more
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Preparation and Characterization of Novel Cationic Chitosan Derivatives Bearing Quaternary Ammonium and Phosphonium Salts and Assessment of Their Antifungal Properties

Molecules, 2017
Chitosan is an abundant and renewable polysaccharide, its derivatives exhibit attractive bioactivities and the wide applications in various biomedical fields.
Wenqiang Tan, Qing Li, Fang Dong, Qiuhong Chen, Zhanyong Guo   +4 more
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Immobilized photosensitizers for antimicrobial applications [PDF]

, 2015
Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to conventional antibiotics for the efficient inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms; this is due to the fact that it is virtually impossible for resistant strains to ...
Boyle, Ross W., Spagnul, Cinzia, Turner, Lauren C.   +2 more
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Hydrophobic Effect of Amphiphilic Derivatives of Chitosan on the Antifungal Activity against Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

Molecules, 2013
Low molecular weight amphiphilic derivatives of chitosan were synthesized, characterized and their antifungal activities against Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus were tested.
Vera Ap. de Oliveira Tiera, Marcio José Tiera, Juliana dos Santos Gabriel, Rafael de Oliveira Pedro, Mirelli Takaki, Ricchard Hallan Felix Viegas de Souza   +5 more
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Chelation capability of chitosan and chitosan derivatives: Recent developments in sustainable corrosion inhibition and metal decontamination applications

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2021
Chemically, chitosan is composed of random distributed D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine units joint together by β-1,4-glycosidic linkage. Chitosan and its derivatives are widely used as corrosion inhibition and removal metallic impurities ...
Chandrabhan Verma, M.A. Quraishi
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