Cryoprotectant toxicity: facts, issues, and questions

BP Best - Rejuvenation research, 2015 - liebertpub.com
High levels of penetrating cryoprotectants (CPAs) can eliminate ice formation during
cryopreservation of cells, tissues, and organs to cryogenic temperatures. But CPAs become …

Food structure and functionality: a soft matter perspective

J Ubbink, A Burbidge, R Mezzenga - Soft matter, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure and functionality of foods are described from the perspective of recent
advances in soft condensed matter physics. An overview is given of the structure and …

Green and environmentally sustainable fabrication of SnS2 quantum dots/chitosan nanocomposite for enhanced photocatalytic performance: Effect of process …

V Gadore, SR Mishra, M Ahmaruzzaman - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Concerns over the availability of clean water and the quality of treated wastewater are
significant problems that call for an appropriate solution to improve the water quality. The …

Does the use of chitosan contribute to oxalate kidney stone formation?

MF Queiroz, KR Teodosio Melo, DA Sabry, GL Sassaki… - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is widely used in the biomedical field due its chemical and pharmacological
properties. However, intake of chitosan results in renal tissue accumulation of chitosan and …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan/agarose/graphene oxide nanohydrogel as drug delivery system of 5-fluorouracil in breast cancer therapy

M Rajaei, H Rashedi, F Yazdian… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer refers to a very common deadly class of malignant tumors, especially in
women worldwide. In the present study, a promising methodology has been developed to …

The assessment of cadmium, chromium, copper, and nickel tolerance and bioaccumulation by shrub plant Tetraena qataranse

K Usman, MA Al-Ghouti, MH Abu-Dieyeh - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Heavy metals constitute some of the most significant environmental contaminants today. The
abundance of naturally growing Tetraena qataranse around Ras Laffan oil and gas facilities …

Encapsulation of folic acid in food hydrocolloids through nanospray drying and electrospraying for nutraceutical applications

R Pérez-Masiá, R López-Nicolás, MJ Periago, G Ros… - Food chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, two different technologies (electrospraying and nanospray drying) were
evaluated for the encapsulation of folic acid using both a whey protein concentrate (WPC) …

Thermogravimetric, thermochemical, and infrared spectral characterization of feedstocks and biochar derived at different pyrolysis temperatures

S Li, G Chen - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Biochar is a promising biomass product for soil amendment, remediation, and carbon
sequestration. In this study, the effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type on biochar …

Microalgae Chlorella as a potential bio-energy feedstock

MM Phukan, RS Chutia, BK Konwar, R Kataki - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Microalgae are promising biomass species owing to their fast growth rate and high CO2
fixation ability as compared to terrestrial plants. Microalgae have long been recognized as …

Enhanced mechanical, thermal and antimicrobial properties of poly (vinyl alcohol)/graphene oxide/starch/silver nanocomposites films

A Usman, Z Hussain, A Riaz, AN Khan - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, synthesis of poly (vinyl alcohol)/graphene oxide/starch/silver
(PVA/GO/Starch/Ag) nanocomposites films is reported. Such films have been characterized …