[HTML][HTML] Chitin and chitosan: prospective biomedical applications in drug delivery, cancer treatment, and wound healing

P Baharlouei, A Rahman - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitin and its derivative chitosan are highly abundant polymers in nature, appearing in both
the shells and exoskeletons of various marine and non-marine species. Since they possess …

Progress in chitin analytics

MV Tsurkan, A Voronkina, Y Khrunyk… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer and functions as the main structural
component in a variety of living organisms. In nature, chitin rarely occurs in a pure form, but …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of insects as alternative sources of chitin: An overview on the chemical method of extraction from various sources

NA Zainol Abidin, F Kormin, NA Zainol Abidin… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitin, being the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, has been gaining
popularity since its initial discovery by Braconot in 1811. However, fundamental knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan nanoparticles-based cancer drug delivery: Application and challenges

B Sachdeva, P Sachdeva, A Negi, S Ghosh, S Han… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer consisting of N-acetylglucosamine units and
is primarily derived from the shells of marine crustaceans and the cell walls of organisms …

Sustainable CO2 capture via adsorption by chitosan-based functional biomaterial: A review on recent advances, challenges, and future directions

SY Foong, YH Chan, CL Yiin, SSM Lock… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin is a naturally occurring biopolymer, while chitosan is a deacetylated derivative of
chitin. The unique properties of chitin/chitosan, such as nitrogen-rich, biodegradability, non …

Chitosan superabsorbent biopolymers in sanitary and hygiene applications

PA Mistry, MN Konar, S Latha… - … Journal of Polymer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The consumption of diapers and sanitary products has constantly been rising. Several
problems are associated with using chemical‐based sanitary products, which are difficult to …

Microwave-assisted deep eutectic solvent extraction of chitin from crayfish shell wastes for 3D printable inks

Z Li, MC Li, C Liu, X Liu, Y Lu, G Zhou, C Liu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin, as one of the most abundant biopolymers in the world, has promising applications in
various fields. However, critical challenges still remain in the extraction and value-added …

Patentology of chitinous biomaterials. Part I: Chitin

A Kertmen, H Ehrlich - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitin as one of the fundamental structural biological materials widely occurring in broad
diversity of uni-and multicellular organisms focuses attention of experts in biomedicine …

[HTML][HTML] On the mechanical properties of microfibre-based 3D chitinous scaffolds from selected verongiida sponges

T Duminis, M Heljak, W Święszkowski, A Ereskovsky… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Skeletal constructs of diverse marine sponges remain to be a sustainable source of
biocompatible porous biopolymer-based 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering and …

Modern scaffolding strategies based on naturally pre-fabricated 3D biomaterials of poriferan origin

D Tsurkan, M Wysokowski, I Petrenko, A Voronkina… - Applied Physics A, 2020 - Springer
Modern scaffolding strategies include two key ways: to produce requested 3D constructs
from corresponding precursors using technological tools, or simply use naturally already pre …