Chitin is a natural polysaccharide of major importance. This biopolymer is synthesized by an
enormous number of living organisms; considering the amount of chitin produced annually …

Chitosan, as a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer, is characterized by anti-microbial
and anti-cancer properties. It lately has received a widespread interest for use as the …

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 …

Chitooligosaccharides (COS) are the degraded products of chitin or chitosan. COS is water-
soluble, non-cytotoxic to organisms, readily absorbed through the intestine, and eliminated …

A natural long-chain polymer, chitin is the main component of the cell walls of fungi, the
exoskeletons of arthropods (including crustaceans and insects), the radulas of mollusks, and …

Current antiviral therapy research is focused on developing dosage forms that enable highly
effective drug delivery, providing a selective effect in the organism, lower risk of adverse …

The number of obese people in the world is rising, leading to an increase in the prevalence
of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders. The search for medications including …

N-succinyl chitosan (NSC) remains a promising chitosan derivative to develop targeted drug
delivery, wound dressings, and tissue engineering systems. All these systems are important …

Chitosan of high molar mass and with 82% deacetylation was sulfated using two procedures
and characterized. In the first method sample chitosan-S1 was produced using …

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) greens are consumed as a source of nutrition, and their
polysaccharides such as rhamnogalacturonan-I possess certain beneficial properties. This …