Background Chitin and chitosan are natural biopolymers found in shell of crustaceans,
exoskeletons of insects and mollusks, as well as in the cell walls of fungi. These biopolymers …

Microbial polysaccharides (MPs) are biopolymers secreted by microorganisms such as
bacteria and fungi during their metabolic processes. Compared to polysaccharides derived …

Chitosan is a polysaccharide with a wide-range antimicrobial spectrum and has been shown
to be effective in control postharvest diseases of various fruit, but the possible mode of action …

Fish are generous sources for providing man with his essential nutritional requirements, but
the extreme susceptibility to quality deterioration hinders their optimal usage and storage …

The addition of corrosion inhibitors can effectively improve the hazards posed by the
corrosion of carbon steel in circulating cooling water. From the economic and environmental …

Chitosan (aminopolysaccharide) exhibiting excellent functional properties was found to be a
good natural source in various applications. However, practical use of chitosan was …

Abstract Fungal chitosan (FCt) from Amylomyces rouxii, with 88.7% deacetylation degree
and 112.4 kDa molecular weight, was utilized for nanoparticles (NPs) formation via ionic …

Chitosan and its nanoparticles (NPs) could be extracted from numerous fungal species and
used as effectual carriers for bioactive compounds. The fungal chitosan (FC) was …

Background Diabetic retinopathy is the most common complication in diabetic patients
relates to high expression of VEGF and microaneurysms. Scutellarin (Scu) turned out to be …

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and the standard
treatment is chemotherapy or radiotherapy after surgery. In order to reduce the side effects of …