Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

AV Baskar, N Bolan, SA Hoang, P Sooriyakumar… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption is the most widely adopted, effective, and reliable treatment process for the
removal of inorganic and organic contaminants from wastewater. One of the major issues …

Applications of chitosan in food, pharmaceuticals, medicine, cosmetics, agriculture, textiles, pulp and paper, biotechnology, and environmental chemistry

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, G Torri, G Crini - Environmental Chemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable
materials on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of …

Chitosan: an update on potential biomedical and pharmaceutical applications

RCF Cheung, TB Ng, JH Wong, WY Chan - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a natural polycationic linear polysaccharide derived from chitin. The low
solubility of chitosan in neutral and alkaline solution limits its application. Nevertheless …

A review on the valorisation of food waste as a nutrient source and soil amendment

J O'Connor, SA Hoang, L Bradney, S Dutta… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Valorisation of food waste offers an economical and environmental opportunity, which can
reduce the problems of its conventional disposal. Food waste is commonly disposed of in …

Recent advances of chitosan-based polymers in biomedical applications and environmental protection

S Fatullayeva, D Tagiyev, N Zeynalov… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Springer
Interest in polymer-based biomaterials such as chitosan and its modifications and also the
methods of their application in various fields of science is uninterruptedly growing. Owing to …

Adsorption-oriented processes using conventional and non-conventional adsorbents for wastewater treatment

G Crini, E Lichtfouse, LD Wilson… - Green adsorbents for …, 2018 - Springer
The removal of contaminants from wastewaters is a matter of great interest in the field of
water pollution. Amongst the numerous techniques of contaminant removal, adsorption …

Alleviation of nickel toxicity and an improvement in zinc bioavailability in sunflower seed with chitosan and biochar application in pH adjusted nickel contaminated soil

V Turan, PMA Ramzani, Q Ali, F Abbas… - Archives of Agronomy …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study demonstrates the reduction of nickel (Ni) toxicity and enhancing zinc (Zn)
bioavailability from sunflower seed with biochar (BC) and chitosan (CH) application to Ni …

Fundamentals and applications of chitosan

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, G Torri, G Crini - … agriculture reviews 35: chitin …, 2019 - Springer
Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable
material on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the exoskeletons of …

Bio-based nanomaterials for cancer therapy

Y Li, X Zheng, Q Chu - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Bio-based nanomaterials have received considerable attention in cancer therapies due to
their potent characteristics such as autologous pharmaceutical, synergetic effects …

Dye removal by biosorption using cross-linked chitosan-based hydrogels

G Crini, G Torri, E Lichtfouse, GZ Kyzas… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Synthetic dyes are an important class of recalcitrant organic compounds that are often found
in the environment as a result of their wide industrial use. There are estimated to be more …