[HTML][HTML] Impact of chitosan composites and chitosan nanoparticle composites on various drug delivery systems: A review

M Abd Elgadir, MS Uddin, S Ferdosh, A Adam… - Journal of food and drug …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a promising biopolymer for drug delivery systems. Because of its beneficial
properties, chitosan is widely used in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. In this review …

Shelf life extension of fresh fruit and vegetables by chitosan treatment

G Romanazzi, E Feliziani, SB Baños… - Critical reviews in food …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Among alternatives that are currently under investigation to replace the use of synthetic
fungicides to control postharvest diseases in fresh produce and to extend their shelf life …

The synthesis and characterization of targeted delivery curcumin using chitosan-magnetite-reduced graphene oxide as nano-carrier

S Kazemi, M Pourmadadi, F Yazdian… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
To achieve targeted treatment with fewer adverse effects against fatal cancer diseases, the
use of nanoparticles as therapeutic agents or drug carriers has been proved to be very …

Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation

CKS Pillai, W Paul, CP Sharma - Progress in polymer science, 2009 - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan (CS) are biopolymers having immense structural possibilities for
chemical and mechanical modifications to generate novel properties, functions and …

Application of spectroscopic methods for structural analysis of chitin and chitosan

J Kumirska, M Czerwicka, Z Kaczyński, A Bychowska… - Marine drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
Chitin, the second most important natural polymer in the world, and its N-deacetylated
derivative chitosan, have been identified as versatile biopolymers for a broad range of …

Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications

M Rinaudo - Progress in polymer science, 2006 - Elsevier
Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

Adsorption of dyes brilliant blue, sunset yellow and tartrazine from aqueous solution on chitosan: Analytical interpretation via multilayer statistical physics model

L Zhang, L Sellaoui, D Franco, GL Dotto… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study reports the statistical physics modeling of the adsorption of three dyes brilliant
blue (BB), sunset yellow (SY) and tartrazine (TT) on chitosan from aqueous solution. A …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption isotherms and thermochemical data of FD&C Red n 40 binding by chitosan

JS Piccin, GL Dotto, LAA Pinto - Brazilian Journal of Chemical …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Chitosan is a natural polymer that has been employed in dye adsorption. In this work,
adsorption and thermodynamic data for the interaction of FD&C Red n° 40 food dye with …

Effects of hydrophilic plasticizers on mechanical, thermal, and surface properties of chitosan films

NE Suyatma, L Tighzert, A Copinet… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Chitosan films were plasticized with four hydrophilic compounds, namely, glycerol (GLY),
ethylene glycol (EG), poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG), and propylene glycol (PG). Our objective …