[HTML][HTML] Biopolymer: A sustainable material for food and medical applications

J Baranwal, B Barse, A Fais, GL Delogu, A Kumar - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers are a leading class of functional material suitable for high-value applications
and are of great interest to researchers and professionals across various disciplines …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Extraction, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan from Horse Mussel Modiolus modiolus

R Varma, S Vasudevan - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chitin and chitosan have been proved to have enormous applications in biomedical,
pharmaceutical, and industrial fields. The horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus, a refuse of the …

Chitosan and its derivatives as polymeric anti-viral therapeutics and potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 nanomedicine

RSL Tan, P Hassandarvish, CF Chee, LW Chan… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 has a global impact on the lives and livelihoods of
people. It is characterized by a widespread infection by the severe acute respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in research on antiviral activities of sulfated polysaccharides from seaweeds

Q Wei, G Fu, K Wang, Q Yang, J Zhao, Y Wang, K Ji… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, various viral diseases have suddenly erupted, resulting in widespread
infection and death. A variety of biological activities from marine natural products have …

Underscoring the immense potential of chitosan in fighting a wide spectrum of viruses: A plausible molecule against SARS-CoV-2?

N Sharma, C Modak, PK Singh, R Kumar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a deacetylated polycationic polysaccharide derived from chitin. It is structurally
constituted of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and β-(1-4)-linked D-glucosamine where acetyl …

Extraction, characterization and antimicrobial activity of chitosan from pen shell, Pinna bicolor

BP Sudatta, V Sugumar, R Varma, P Nigariga - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biopolymer discovered abundantly on earth specifically in the exoskeleton of
shrimps, crabs and insects. In the present study, isolation and characterization of chitosan …

Synthesis of Se-polysaccharide mediated by selenium oxychloride: Structure features and antiproliferative activity

S Zhu, J Hu, S Liu, S Guo, Y Jia, M Li, W Kong… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Selenium oxychloride (SOC) was employed as a highly reactive selenide reagent to
synthesize selenized Artemisia sphaerocephala polysaccharides (SeASP). Se content of …

[HTML][HTML] In-situ forming pH and thermosensitive injectable hydrogels to stimulate angiogenesis: potential candidates for fast bone regeneration applications

FZ Kocak, ACS Talari, M Yar, IU Rehman - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomaterials that promote angiogenesis are required for repair and regeneration of bone. In-
situ formed injectable hydrogels functionalised with bioactive agents, facilitating …

β‐Chitin and chitosan from waste shells of edible mollusks as a functional ingredient

D Karthick Rajan, K Mohan, J Rajarajeswaran… - Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The marine food‐processing industries were producing large quantities of shell wastes as a
discard. Currently, this waste material was underutilized and leads to the landfill as a …