Biomedical applications of chitosan and its derivative nanoparticles

D Zhao, S Yu, B Sun, S Gao, S Guo, K Zhao - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
… allow for graft modification that imparts the modified chitosan with special properties. Such …
its applications. These chemical modifications produce many kinds of chitosan derivatives that …

Chitosan: Properties and its application in agriculture in context of molecular weight

R Román-Doval, SP Torres-Arellanes… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Because chitosan has active groups, it can be modified with other materials such as
humic acids, carbon nanotubes, and the algae Ulva lactuca, which increases its efficiency in …

Recent advancement of molecular structure and biomaterial function of chitosan from marine organisms for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical application

B Li, J Elango, W Wu - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
… In this paper, the molecular structure and properties of chitosan are reviewed, and the
modification of chitosan and its application as biomedical materials in recent years are …

Environmental applications of chitosan and its derivatives

SK Yong, M Shrivastava, P Srivastava… - … and toxicology volume …, 2015 - Springer
… Heavy metals, for example, have been remediated by using pure chitosan and modified
chitosans, and by combining chitosan with microorganisms. Low molecular weight chitosan

Modification of chitosan nanoparticles for improved gene delivery

RM Ramesan, CP Sharma - Nanomedicine, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… in double-grafted chitosan (low molecular-weight chitosan) that is … molecular chitosan/pEGFP
nanocomplexes demonstrated an eightfold increase in transfection compared with chitosan

Chitosan derivatives: introducing new functionalities with a controlled molecular architecture for innovative materials

WM Argüelles-Monal, J Lizardi-Mendoza… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
… In the present review, we summarize the latest methods for the modification and derivatization
of chitin and chitosan under experimental conditions, which allow a control over the …

Modified chitosan: Insight on biomedical and industrial applications

GI Edo, E Yousif, MH Al-Mashhadani - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
… a major focus of chitosan research. This review describes the modifications of chitosan that
have … , pH sensitivity, and capacity to target chitosan derivatives. Applying the by-products of …

Applications of chitosan in environmental remediation: A review

P Pal, A Pal, K Nakashima, BK Yadav - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
… , there has been a growing interest in modifying the chitosan in order to … the applications of
pure phase chitosan. Various modified forms of chitosan and their associated applications are …

Application of chitosan modified nanocarriers in breast cancer

SK Dubey, T Bhatt, M Agrawal, RN Saha… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
… articles highlighting the role of chitosan nanoparticles in breast cancer therapy. In … molecular
classification, and etiological factors with special emphasis on the role of chitosan modified

Chitosan-based systems for molecular imaging

P Agrawal, GJ Strijkers, K Nicolay - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
… Chemical modifications have done an excellent job for the … of molecular imaging. We will
first explain the properties of chitosan, then will discuss different strategies of molecular imaging…