Main properties and current applications of some polysaccharides as biomaterials

By M. Rinaudo. 2008

965 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Biomaterials, Molecular Medicine

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In Aquatic Science

1. C. Pillai
2. David J. Mooney
3. K. Lee
4. A. G. Cunha
5. A. Gandini

In Biomaterials

1. António Augusto Vicente
2. M. Cerqueira
3. David J. Mooney
4. A. Salaberria
5. J. Labidi
6. K. Lee
7. S. Fernandes
8. A. Gandini

In Molecular Medicine

1. David J. Mooney
2. K. Lee
3. E. Chiellini
4. C. Pillai
5. S. Fernandes
6. M. Cook
7. R. Ottenbrite
8. A. Salaberria

Citations in the corpus

• Turning polysaccharides into hydrophobic materials: a critical review. Part 2. Hemicelluloses, chitin/chitosan, starch, pectin and alginates (2010, background): “Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature, where it appears mostly in the exoskeleton of crustaceans and insects, but also in certain species of fungi (Kurita 2006; Peniche et al. 2008; Pillai et al. 2009; Rinaudo 2008).”
• Chitosan—A versatile semi-synthetic polymer in biomedical applications (2011, background): “Chitosan polymers are semi-synthetically derived aminopolysaccharides that have unique structures, multiadmirable biodegradability with ecological safety and low toxicity with versatile biological activities such as antimicrobial activity and low immunogenicity have provided ample opportunities for ”
• Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation (2009, background): “Chitin occurs in nature as rdered crystalline microfibrils forming structural compoents in the exoskeleton of arthropods or in the cell walls f fungi and yeast [8,48–49].”
• Alginate: properties and biomedical applications (2012, background): “After further purification and conversion, water-soluble sodium alginate power is produced [9].”
• Galactomannans use in the development of edible films/coatings for food applications (2011, background): “Polysaccharides that have been used to form films/ coatings include starch and starch derivatives, cellulose derivatives, alginates, carrageenan, various plant and microbial gums, chitosan and pectinates (Lin & Zhao, 2007; Rinaudo, 2008).”