Recently, increasing attention has been paid to natural polysaccharides for their low cost,
biocompatibility and biodegradability. Quaternization is a modification method to improve …

Entomotherapy, the use of insects for medicinal purposes, has been practised for centuries
in many countries around the world. More than 2100 edible insect species are eaten by …

Intelligent packaging system for real-time visual monitoring the freshness of foods plays a
key role in the field of food safety. Employing biopolymer as matrix and natural anthocyanin …

Bioconversion is a biological process by which organic materials are converted into
products with higher biological and commercial value. During its larval stage the black …

Since the first years of history, microbial fermentation products such as bread, wine, yogurt
and vinegar have always been noteworthy regarding their nutritional and health effects …

Biomaterials are at the forefront of the future, finding a variety of applications in the
biomedical field, especially in wound healing, thanks to their biocompatible and …

Chitin and chitosan are biopolymers that are frequently found in nature and have a broad
range of applications in the food, biomedical and industrial sectors, due to their high …

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders characterized by
hyperglycemia due to impaired glucose metabolism. Overproduction of free radicals due to …

Microorganisms have developed a resistance against some of the most conventional
antibiotics. These microorganisms can be self-assembled, forming a microbial biofilm. A …

Chitosan has emerged as a biodegradable, absorbable, non-toxic, biocompatible
biopolymer for wound healing and drug delivery applications. Chitosan can be converted to …