Advances in chitosan and chitosan derivatives for biomedical applications in tissue engineering: an updated review

A Elizalde-Cárdenas, RM Ribas-Aparicio… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In recent years, chitosan (CS) has received much attention as a functional biopolymer for
various applications, especially in the biomedical field. It is a natural polysaccharide created …

Characteristics and application of animal byproduct-based films and coatings in the packaging of food products

R Thakur, R Santhosh, Y Kumar… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Background A large volume of animal byproducts remains underutilized, and low-value
components such as skin, bones, feathers, heads, feet, hairs, horns, hooves, tails, cartilage …

Insect residues as an alternative and promising source for the extraction of chitin and chitosan

SSN Machado, JBA da Silva, RQ Nascimento… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This work aimed to obtain and characterize chitin and chitosan extracted from the rearing
residues of Tenebrio molitor, Zophobas morio, and Blaptica dubia insects in different growth …

Pleurotus ostreatus as a model mushroom in genetics, cell biology, and material sciences

T Nakazawa, M Kawauchi, Y Otsuka, J Han… - Applied Microbiology …, 2024‏ - Springer
Pleurotus ostreatus, also known as the oyster mushroom, is a popular edible mushroom
cultivated worldwide. This review aims to survey recent progress in the molecular genetics of …

Environmental Sustainability and Physicochemical Property Screening of Chitin and Chitin-Glucan from 22 Fungal Species

V Grifoll, P Bravo, MN Pérez… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Thanks to its biobased character with embedded biogenic carbon, chitin can aid in the
transition to a sustainable circular economy by replacing fossil carbon from the geosphere …

Antibacterial hyaluronic acid hydrogels with enhanced self-healing properties via multiple dynamic bond crosslinking

K Yang, J Yang, R Chen, Q Dong, H Yang, S Gu… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The self-healing hydrogel offering intrinsic antibacterial activity is often required for the
treatment of wounds because it can provide effective wound protection and prevent wound …

Green synthesis of Poria cocos polysaccharides-silver nanoparticles and their applications in food packaging

X Yang, Y Niu, Y Fan, T Zheng, J Fan - International Journal of Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
To reduce pollution caused by traditional plastic packaging and preparation of silver
nanoparticles (AgNPs), this work aims to develop biological macromolecular packaging …

[PDF][PDF] β‐Chitin and chitosan from waste shells of edible mollusks as a functional ingredient

D Karthick Rajan, K Mohan, J Rajarajeswaran… - Food …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The marine food‐processing industries were producing large quantities of shell wastes as a
discard. Currently, this waste material was underutilized and leads to the landfill as a …

Extraction of chitosan from biologically-derived chitin by bacterial chitin deacetylase: Process optimization and product quality assessment

S Rakshit, K Pal, S Mondal, A Jana, KC Mondal… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Commercial chitosan manufacturing process relies on strong chemical treatment on chitin
that generates chitosan with undesirable properties and leads to environmental pollution. To …

Chitosan-derived activated carbon/chitosan composite beads for adsorptive removal of methylene blue and acid orange 7 dyes

S Jung, M Jung, J Yoon, J Kim, HJ **… - Reactive and Functional …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this study, a chitosan/activated carbon composite was developed for the sustainable
removal of dye pollutants from activated carbon derived from chitosan. First, chitosan was …