N-Acetylglucosamine as a platform chemical produced from renewable resources: opportunity, challenge, and future prospects

S Cao, Y Liu, L Shi, W Zhu, H Wang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In pursuit of a more green and sustainable society, the preparation of versatile chemicals
from renewable biomass is essential. Nitrogen-containing chemicals, as compared with …

Production and potential applications of bioconversion of chitin and protein-containing fishery byproducts into prodigiosin: A review

SL Wang, VB Nguyen, CT Doan, TN Tran, MT Nguyen… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The technology of microbial conversion provides a potential way to exploit compounds of
biotechnological potential. The red pigment prodigiosin (PG) and other PG-like pigments …

Bioprocessing of marine chitinous wastes for the production of bioactive prodigiosin

TH Nguyen, SL Wang, DN Nguyen, AD Nguyen… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, microbial prodigiosin (PG) has received much attention due to its numerous
beneficial applications. The aim of this study was to establish the bioprocessing of marine …

Novel α-amylase inhibitor hemi-pyocyanin produced by microbial conversion of chitinous discards

TH Nguyen, SL Wang, AD Nguyen, MD Doan, TN Tran… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
α-Amylase inhibitors (aAIs) have been applied for the efficient management of type 2
diabetes. The aim of this study was to search for potential aAIs produced by microbial …

Production of Thermophilic Chitinase by Paenibacillus sp. TKU052 by Bioprocessing of Chitinous Fishery Wastes and Its Application in N-acetyl-D-glucosamine …

CT Doan, TN Tran, SL Wang - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bioprocessing of chitinous fishery wastes (CFWs) to chitinases through fermentation
approaches has gained importance owing to its great benefits in reducing the enzyme …

Bioproduction of prodigiosin from fishery processing waste shrimp heads and evaluation of its potential bioactivities

VB Nguyen, SL Wang, AD Nguyen, TQ Phan… - Fishes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to reuse a fish processing waste, shrimp head powder (SHP), for
the production of prodigiosin (PG) via microbial technology and to assess its potential …

Anti-oxidant and anti-diabetes potential of water-soluble chitosan–glucose derivatives produced by Maillard reaction

TN Tran, CT Doan, VB Nguyen, AD Nguyen, SL Wang - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chitosan-sugar derivatives demonstrate some useful biology activities (for example anti-
oxidant and anti-microbial activities). In this study, water-soluble chitosan–glucose …

Thermophilic chitinases: Structural, functional and engineering attributes for industrial applications

GM Mathew, A Madhavan, KB Arun, R Sindhu… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Chitin is the second most widely found natural polymer next to cellulose. Chitinases degrade
the insoluble chitin to bioactive chitooligomers and monomers for various industrial …

Novel Nematocidal Compounds from Shrimp Shell Wastes Valorized by Bacillus velezensis RB.EK7 against Black Pepper Nematodes

THT Trinh, SL Wang, VB Nguyen, TQ Phan, MD Doan… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among various organic wastes, shrimp shell powder (SSP) was the most suitable
carbon/nitrogen source for producing antinematode compounds (ANCs) via Bacillus …

Microbial conversion of shrimp heads to proteases and chitin as an effective dye adsorbent

CT Doan, TN Tran, CL Wang, SL Wang - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a green and effective technique in the production of a large number of valuable products,
the microbial conversion of chitinous fishery wastes is receiving much attention. In this study …