Chitosan derivatives obtained by chemical modifications for biomedical and environmental applications.
Natália M. Alves,João F. Mano +1 more
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The main chemical modifications of chitosan that have been proposed in the literature are reviewed and a wide range of derivatives with a broad range of applications are presented.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.The article was published on 2008-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 705 citations till now.read more
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Application of Spectroscopic Methods for Structural Analysis of Chitin and Chitosan
Jolanta Kumirska,Małgorzata Czerwicka,Zbigniew Kaczyński,Anna Bychowska,Krzysztof Brzozowski,Jorg Thöming,Piotr Stepnowski +6 more
TL;DR: A complete chemical and physicochemical characterization of chitin, chitosan and their derivatives is not possible without using spectroscopic techniques, so this review focuses on the application of Spectroscopic methods for the structural analysis of these compounds.
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Application of chitosan and its derivatives as adsorbents for dye removal from water and wastewater: a review.
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TL;DR: This review paper discusses major research topics related to chitosan and its derivatives for application in the removal of dyes from water and provides better opportunity for researchers to better explore the potential of chito-derived adsorbents for removal of a great variety of d dye.
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A review on chitosan and its nanocomposites in drug delivery.
Akbar Ali,Shakeel Ahmed +1 more
TL;DR: This review discusses the various forms of chitosan materials such as beads, films, microspheres, nanoparticles, nanofibers, hydrogels, nanocomposites, etc. as drug delivery device and attempted to report the vast literature available on chitOSan based materials in drug delivery applications.
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Local Drug Delivery Strategies for Cancer Treatment: Gels, Nanoparticles, Polymeric Films, Rods, and Wafers
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Application of magnetic chitosan composites for the removal of toxic metal and dyes from aqueous solutions
TL;DR: This review outlines the preparation of MCCs as well as methods to characterize these materials using FTIR, XRD, TGA and other microscopy-based techniques to show their advantages as adsorbents in the treatment of polluted aqueous solutions.
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Chitosan chemistry and pharmaceutical perspectives.
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Stimuli-reponsive polymers and their bioconjugates
Eun Seok Gil,Samuel M. Hudson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on temperature and pH responsive polymer systems and additionally the other stimuli-based responsive polymers will be assessed, which is more helpful to design new approaches because the basic concepts and mechanisms are systematically connected.
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Pharmaceutical Applications of Cyclodextrins. 1. Drug Solubilization and Stabilization
TL;DR: The effects of substitution on various cyclodextrins properties and the forces involved in the drug-cyclodextrin complex formation are discussed, and methods which are useful in the optimization of complexation efficacy are reviewed.
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Application of chitosan, a natural aminopolysaccharide, for dye removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption processes using batch studies: A review of recent literature
TL;DR: A review of the use of chitosan and its grafted and crosslinked derivatives for dye removal from aqueous solutions can be found in this paper, which summarizes the key advances and results that have been obtained in their decolorizing application as biosorbents.