Molecular modifications, biological activities, and applications of chitosan and derivatives: A recent update

R Lima, C Fernandes, MMM Pinto - Chirality, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… of chemical modifications and conjugation of chitosan with other bioactive molecules are …
expanding the range of applications. An overview of the synthetic approaches for preparing …

Chitosan-modifications and applications: Opportunities galore

VK Mourya, NN Inamdar - Reactive and Functional polymers, 2008 - Elsevier
… The chemical modification of chitosan is of interest because the modification would not
change the fundamental skeleton of chitosan, would keep the original physicochemical and …

Chitosan-based materials: Preparation, modification and application

J Wang, S Zhuang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
… and application of chitosan-based materials. In this review, various preparation and
modification methods for improving chitosan performances, as well as the application of chitosan

Chitosan: Structural modification, biological activity and application

W Wang, C Xue, X Mao - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
… review the recent progress of chitosan research, that is, this article reviews the modification
methods of chitosan and the biological activities of chitosan and derivatives, such as …

Recent progress in the structural modification of chitosan for applications in diversified biomedical fields

H Mittal, SS Ray, BS Kaith, JK Bhatia, J Sharma… - European Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
modifications of chitosan and its nano-structured variants produced via different techniques
and their potential applicationsChitosan, a unique cationic polysaccharide, is derived from …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan derivatives and their application in biomedicine

W Wang, Q Meng, Q Li, J Liu, M Zhou, Z Jin… - … journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… This review summarizes the modification of chitosan by acylation, carboxylation, alkylation,
and quaternization in order to improve the water solubility, pH sensitivity, and the targeting of …

Chitosan derivatives obtained by chemical modifications for biomedical and environmental applications

NM Alves, JF Mano - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2008 - Elsevier
… The main chemical modifications of chitosan that have been proposed in the … chitosan and
chitin deserve to be included in this chapter due to the potential applications of such chitosan

Advancement on modification of chitosan biopolymer and its potential applications

NA Negm, HHH Hefni, AAA Abd-Elaal, EA Badr… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… The reviewed modified chitosan derivatives herein were five types of derivatives. The first is
applications of the modified chitosan and the synthetic routes of the biopolymer modification. …

[HTML][HTML] Modification of chitosan for the generation of functional derivatives

C Brasselet, G Pierre, P Dubessay, M Dols-Lafargue… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
… CS and easy chemical modifications, a … /modified CSs and chitooligosaccharides (COS)
associated with their functional properties. An overview will be given on bioadhesive applications

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan modification and pharmaceutical/biomedical applications

J Zhang, W Xia, P Liu, Q Cheng, T Tahirou, W Gu, B Li - Marine drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
… a better use of chitosan. This review focuses on the modification of chitosan by enzymatic
hydrolysis … with pharmaceutical and biomedical applications especially in hypocholesterolemic, …