Wound healing can lead to complex clinical problems, hence finding an efficient approach to
enhance the healing process is necessary. An ideal wound dressing should treat wounds at …

The use of polymer based composites in the treatment of skin tissue damages, has got huge
attention in clinical demand, which enforced the scientists to improve the methods of …

Growing antimicrobial resistance has prompted researchers to identify new natural
molecules with antimicrobial potential. In this perspective, attention has been focused on …

Chitin, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

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 …

Chitin was collected and extracted along different lifecycle stages of the Black Soldier Fly
(BSF)(larvae, prepupae, pupae, flies, shedding & cocoons). The chitin content in the …

Chitin, a polysaccharide that occurs abundantly in nature after cellulose, has attracted the
interest of the scientific community due to its plenty of availability and low cost. Mostly, it is …

Chitosan is obtained from alkaline deacetylation of chitin, and acetamide groups are
transformed into primary amino groups during the deacetylation. The diverse biological …

Chitosan is derived from different starting materials such as fish scales, shrimp and crab
shells by the process of deacetylation of chitin, which is carried out using 40% KOH at 90° C …

The second and most often utilized natural polymer is chitosan (CS), a naturally existing
amino polysaccharide that is produced by deacetylating chitin. Numerous applications have …