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Starch, cellulose, pectin, gum, alginate, chitin and chitosan derived (nano)materials for sustainable water treatment: A review.

open access: yesCarbohydrate Polymers, 2021
Natural biopolymers, polymeric organic molecules produced by living organisms and/or renewable resources, are considered greener, sustainable, and eco-friendly materials.
M. Nasrollahzadeh   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Progress and opportunities in Gellan gum-based materials: A review of preparation, characterization and emerging applications.

open access: yesCarbohydrate Polymers, 2023
Gellan gum, a microbial exopolysaccharide, is biodegradable and has potential to fill several key roles in many fields from food to pharmacy, biomedicine and tissue engineering.
D. Gomes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Polydopamine nanoparticle-dotted food gum hydrogel with excellent antibacterial activity and rapid shape adaptability for accelerated bacteria-infected wound healing

open access: yesBioactive Materials, 2021
Most commonly used wound dressings have severe problems, such as an inability to adapt to wound shape or a lack of antibacterial capacity, affecting their ability to meet the requirements of clinical applications.
Qiankun Zeng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Natural Gum-Based Functional Bioactive Films and Coatings: A Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
Edible films and coatings are a current and future food packaging trend. In the food and envi-ronmental sectors, there is a growing need to understand the role of edible packaging and sus-tainability.
Arushri Nehra   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Water‐soluble polymers in agriculture: xanthan gum as eco‐friendly alternative to synthetics

open access: yesMicrobial Biotechnology, 2021
Water‐soluble polymers (WSPs) are a versatile group of chemicals used across industries for different purposes such as thickening, stabilizing, adhesion and gelation.
T. Berninger   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Strength properties of xanthan gum and guar gum treated kaolin at different water contents

open access: yes, 2021
Nowadays, using biopolymer as a ground improvement method has become very popular. However, since biopolymers are organic and degradable, their long-term effect is not fully known.
Irem Bozyigit, A. Javadi, S. Altun
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Complex coacervation of pea protein isolate and tragacanth gum: Comparative study with commercial polysaccharides

open access: yesInnovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 2021
The ability of pea protein isolates (PPI) to form complex coacervates with tragacanth gum was investigated. The coacervate formation was structurally compared to three other PPI-polysaccharide interaction models: arabic gum and sodium alginate (known to ...
J. Carpentier   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Chewing gum moderates multi-task induced shifts in stress, mood, and alertness: A re-examination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The finding that chewing gum can moderate stress and mood changes following a multi-task cognitive stressor (Scholey, Haskell, Robertson, Kennedy, Milne, and Wetherell, 2009) was re-examined.
Andrew J. Johnson   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Evidence against memorial facilitation and context-dependent memory effects through the chewing of gum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The experiment examined the prediction that chewing gum at learning and/or recall facilitated subsequent word recall. Chewing gum at learning significantly impaired recall, indicating that the chewing of gum has a detrimental impact upon initial word ...
Andrew J. Johnson   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Two Origins, Two Functions: The Discovery of Distinct Secretory Ducts Formed during the Primary and Secondary Growth in Kielmeyera

open access: yesPlants, 2021
Secretory ducts have been reported for more than 50 families of vascular plants among primary and secondary tissues. A priori, all ducts of a plant are of the same type, and only slight variations in the concentration of their compounds have been ...
Ellenhise R. Costa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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