Chitosan scaffolds: Expanding horizons in biomedical applications

AD Gholap, S Rojekar, HS Kapare… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a natural polysaccharide from chitin, shows promise as a biomaterial for various
biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antibacterial activity …

Chitosan-based Schiff bases: Promising materials for biomedical and industrial applications

V Pawariya, S De, J Dutta - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
There is plenty of scope for modifying chitosan, an only polycationic natural polysaccharide,
owing to its reactive functional groups, namely hydroxyl and amino groups. Although …

Progress in research of chitosan chemical modification technologies and their applications

Q Chen, Y Qi, Y Jiang, W Quan, H Luo, K Wu, S Li… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, which is derived from chitin, is the only known natural alkaline cationic polymer.
Chitosan is a biological material that can significantly improve the living standard of the …

A review on applications of chitosan-based Schiff bases

R Antony, T Arun, STD Manickam - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biopolymers have become very attractive as they are degradable, biocompatible, non-toxic
and renewable. Due to the intrinsic reactive amino groups, chitosan is vibrant in the midst of …

Preparation and application of chitosan-based medical electrospun nanofibers

S Chen, H Tian, J Mao, F Ma, M Zhang, F Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a kind of polysaccharide cationic polymer, which has excellent biocompatibility,
biodegradability and biological activity. In recent years, chitosan has been widely used as …

Hemostatic and antibacterial PVA/Kaolin composite sponges loaded with penicillin–streptomycin for wound dressing applications

TM Tamer, MM Sabet, AM Omer, E Abbas, AI Eid… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Hemorrhage is the major hindrance over the wound healing, which triggers microbial
infections and might provoke traumatic death. Herein, new hemostatic and antibacterial …

Antioxidant and antibacterial polyelectrolyte wound dressing based on chitosan/hyaluronan/phosphatidylcholine dihydroquercetin

MA Hassan, TM Tamer, K Valachová, AM Omer… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antioxidant and antimicrobial wound dressings are the most favorable for acute and chronic
wounds treatment. Herein, we formulated a multifunctional polyelectrolyte wound dressing …

Preparation, physicochemical characterization and antimicrobial activities of novel two phenolic chitosan Schiff base derivatives

MA Hassan, AM Omer, E Abbas, WMA Baset… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
This study intends to develop novel two antimicrobial phenolic chitosan Schiff bases (I) and
(II) via coupling of chitosan with Indole-3-carboxaldehyde and 4 …

Therapeutic potential of two formulated novel chitosan derivatives with prominent antimicrobial activities against virulent microorganisms and safe profiles toward …

MA Hassan, TM Tamer, AM Omer, WMA Baset… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of new antimicrobial agents has been drawing considerable attention due
to the extreme escalation of multi-drug resistant microorganisms. We thus sought to …

Functionalization of chitosan with poly aromatic hydroxyl molecules for improving its antibacterial and antioxidant properties: practical and theoretical studies

TM Tamer, MM ElTantawy, A Brussevich… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the chitosan backbone was functionalized with 2, 2′, 4, 4′-
tetrahydroxybenzophenone by Schiff base, bonding the molecules into the repeating amine …