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Marian Mengíbar
Researcher at Complutense University of Madrid
Publications - 15
Citations - 1648
Marian Mengíbar is an academic researcher from Complutense University of Madrid. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chitosanase & Chitosan. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 15 publications receiving 1395 citations.
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Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan
Inmaculada Aranaz,Marian Mengíbar,Ruth Harris,Ines Panos,Beatriz Miralles,Niuris Acosta,Gemma Galed,Angeles Heras +7 more
TL;DR: A functional characterization of chitin and chitosan regarding some biological properties and some specific applications (drug delivery, tissue engineering, functional food, food preservative, biocatalyst immobilization, wastewater treatment, molecular imprinting and metal nanocomposites) is presented.
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Chitosan nanoparticles and microspheres for the encapsulation of natural antioxidants extracted from Ilex paraguariensis
TL;DR: In this paper, chitosan nanoparticles and microspheres were obtained for the encapsulation of yerba mate, and the effect of the encapsulating systems on the active compound stability and its release properties was analyzed.
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The effect of preparation processes on the physicochemical characteristics and antibacterial activity of chitooligosaccharides.
Ángela Sánchez,Marian Mengíbar,G. Rivera-Rodríguez,B. Moerchbacher,Niuris Acosta,Angeles Heras +5 more
TL;DR: A low percentage of free amino groups and the presence of acetylated sequences are necessary in these molecules to exert good antibacterial capacity.
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Enzymatic production of fully deacetylated chitooligosaccharides and their neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties
Paloma Santos-Moriano,Lucia Fernandez-Arrojo,Marian Mengíbar,Efres Belmonte-Reche,Pablo Peñalver,F. N. Acosta,Antonio Ballesteros,Juan Carlos Morales,Peter E Kidibule,María Fernández-Lobato,Francisco J. Plou +10 more
TL;DR: It was found that the neutral protease was not responsible for the chitosanolytic activity in the extract, while it could participate in the deacetylating process.
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Influence of the physico-chemical characteristics of chito-oligosaccharides (COS) on antioxidant activity
TL;DR: A correlation was found between the relative amount of molecules with a given A/D ratio within the COS and their antioxidant activity, which could be used to predict the antioxidant behavior of a fraction of chito-oligosaccharides.