Chitosan: A review of sources and preparation methods

SG Kou, LM Peters, MR Mucalo - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan, derived from chitin, has many desirable biomedical attributes. This review aims to
explore different sources of chitin and methods of chitosan production with industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in applications of chitosan-based biomaterials for skin tissue engineering

A Madni, R Kousar, N Naeem, F Wahid - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of polymer based composites in the treatment of skin tissue damages, has got huge
attention in clinical demand, which enforced the scientists to improve the methods of …

[PDF][PDF] A review of various sources of chitin and chitosan in nature

BT Iber, NA Kasan, D Torsabo… - Journal of Renewable …, 2022 - academia.edu
Chitin was first discovered by its name from the Greek word “chiton”, which means “mail
coat”. It is indeed a polysaccharide made up of naturally occurring acetyl-D-glucosamine …

Current state of chitin purification and chitosan production from insects

T Hahn, E Tafi, A Paul, R Salvia… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chitin, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

Chitosan nanopolymers: an overview of drug delivery against cancer

R Shanmuganathan, TNJI Edison, F LewisOscar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is becoming a major reason for death troll worldwide due to the difficulty in finding
an efficient, cost effective and target specific method of treatment or diagnosis. The variety of …

Fabrication, applications and challenges of natural biomaterials in tissue engineering

S Ullah, X Chen - Applied Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials are extensively used in tissue engineering due to their microstructure
interconnectivity and inherent bioactivity which mimics of natural extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Biopolymeric nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications–A review

PN Christy, SK Basha, VS Kumari, AKH Bashir… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is the immense area of research in recent years because of its vast
potential in the repair or replacement of impaired tissues and organs. Bone is a …

Potential of chitosan and its derivatives for biomedical applications in the central nervous system

DD Ojeda-Hernández, AA Canales-Aguirre… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It is well known that the central nervous system (CNS) has a limited regenerative capacity
and that many therapeutic molecules cannot cross the blood brain barrier (BBB). The use of …

Crustacean waste-derived chitosan: Antioxidant properties and future perspective

M Muthu, J Gopal, S Chun, AJP Devadoss, N Hasan… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is obtained from chitin that in turn is recovered from marine crustacean wastes. The
recovery methods and their varying types and the advantages of the recovery methods are …

Current advances in chitosan nanoparticles based oral drug delivery for colorectal cancer treatment

H Choukaife, S Seyam, B Alallam… - International journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
As per the WHO, colorectal cancer (CRC) caused around 935,173 deaths worldwide in 2020
in both sexes and at all ages. The available anticancer therapies including chemotherapy …