Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan
By I. Aranaz, Marian Mengíbar, Ruth Harris, Inés Paños, B. Miralles, N. Acosta, G. Galed, Á. Heras. 2009
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Subfields: Biomaterials, Pharmaceutical Science
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- Chitosan nanoparticles preparation and applications (2018, background): “The molar fraction of D units is expressed as the degree of deacetylation (DD) (Aranaz et al. 2009).”
- Application of Spectroscopic Methods for Structural Analysis of Chitin and Chitosan (2010, background): “These proportions vary from species to species and from season to season [32].”
- Bat guano as new and attractive chitin and chitosan source (2014, background): “It has a wide range of uses in fields such as cosmetics, pharmacy, medicine, bioengineering, biological materials science, agriculture, textiles and environmental engineering based upon its nontoxic, ecofriendly, biocompability and biodegradability characteristics [1-5].”
- New chitin, chitosan, and O-carboxymethyl chitosan sources from resting eggs of Daphnia longispina (Crustacea); with physicochemical characterization, and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities (2014, background): “[9] have explained that chitin and chitosan with low crystallinity values are more useful for wastewater treatment.”
- The Role of Chitosan in Emulsion Formation and Stabilization (2013, methodology): “(34) Usually, sodium or potassium hydroxides are used at a concentration of 30–50% at high temperatures (∼100 ◦C) for chemical deacetylation.(12) The resulting chitosans have various characteristics depending on the processing conditions.”
- A future perspective in crop protection chitosan and its oligosaccharides (2014, background): “These properties make it suitable for numerous applications in different fields, for instance, medicine (pharmacology, cosmetics), biotechnology, agriculture, the food industry (nutritional enhancement and food processing), the environment (waste and water treatment) and the textile industry [99,100”
- A Review of the Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives in Agriculture to Modify Plant-Microbial Interactions and Improve Crop Yields (2013, background): “Biopolymer Packaging Stored fresh produce Predominantly Polyethylene films Formation of antiseptic film [7,227,230]”
- Chitosan: An Update on Potential Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications (2015, background): “The degree of deacetylation, which is described by the molar fraction of deacetylated units or percentage of deacetylation, and the molecular weight of chitosan, were found to affect these properties [7].”
- Comparison of physicochemical properties of chitins isolated from an insect (Melolontha melolontha) and a crustacean species (Oniscus asellus) (2014, neutral): “…chitin and chitosan find applications in the textile industry, as a food preservative, in controlled drug release, wound healing, gene delivery and tissue engineering (Synowiecki and Al-Khateeb 2003; Rinaudo 2006; Muzzarelli et al. 2007; Aranaz et al. 2009; Park and Kim 2010; Muzzarelli 2011).”
- Chitinolytic enzymes from endophytic fungi (2011, background): “Modified chitin and chitosans are used in various biomedical applications including wound healing, drug delivery, gene delivery, tissue engineering, in food industry as preservatives and emulsifying agent, and in biocatalysis (Aranaz et al. 2009).”
- Chitosan-based biomaterials for tissue engineering (2013, background): “Besides, chitosan exhibits other remarkable intrinsic properties: this polysaccharide exhibits antibacterial activity [23,24], along with antifungal [9], mucoadhesive [25], analgesic [9] and haemostatic properties [26].”