Application of chitosan in bone and dental engineering

A Aguilar, N Zein, E Harmouch, B Hafdi, F Bornert… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a deacetylated polysaccharide from chitin, the natural biopolymer primarily
found in shells of marine crustaceans and fungi cell walls. Upon deacetylation, the …

Chitin and chitosan in selected biomedical applications

A Anitha, S Sowmya, PTS Kumar, S Deepthi… - Progress in polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Chitin (CT), the well-known natural biopolymer and chitosan (CS)(bio-based or
“artificial polymer”) are non-toxic, biodegradable and biocompatible in nature. The …

Chitosan based biocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

S Saravanan, RS Leena, N Selvamurugan - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The clinical demand for scaffolds and the diversity of available polymers provide freedom in
the fabrication of scaffolds to achieve successful progress in bone tissue engineering (BTE) …

A review on chitosan centred scaffolds and their applications in tissue engineering

S Ahmed, A Ali, J Sheikh - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The diversity and availability of biopolymer and increased clinical demand for safe scaffolds
lead to an increased interest in fabricating scaffolds in order to achieve fruitful progress in …

An overview of chitin or chitosan/nano ceramic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

S Deepthi, J Venkatesan, SK Kim… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have been widely used for bone tissue
engineering. These chitin and chitosan based scaffolds were reinforced with …

High Malachite Green dye removal by ZrO2-g-C3N4 (ZOCN) meso-sorbent: Characteristics and adsorption mechanism

A Modwi, A Albadri, KK Taha - Diamond and related materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Herewith we report the fabrication of ZrO 2-gC 3 N 4 (ZOCN) composite employing
ultrasonic power in the presence of methanol for the abatement of Malachite Green (MG) …

Chitin and chitosan based polyurethanes: A review of recent advances and prospective biomedical applications

A Usman, KM Zia, M Zuber, S Tabasum… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan are amino polysaccharides having massive structural propensities to
produce bioactive materials with innovative properties, functions and diverse applications …

Natural and synthetic polymers/bioceramics/bioactive compounds-mediated cell signalling in bone tissue engineering

SH Rao, B Harini, RPK Shadamarshan… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bone is a highly integrative and dynamic tissue of the human body. It is continually
remodeled by bone cells such as osteoblasts, osteoclasts. When a fraction of a bone is …

Additive manufacturing of photo-crosslinked gelatin scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering

L Tytgat, L Van Damme, J Van Hoorick, H Declercq… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
There exists a clear clinical need for adipose tissue reconstruction strategies to repair soft
tissue defects which outperform the currently available approaches. In this respect, additive …

Preparation and application of chitin and its derivatives: a review

M Barikani, E Oliaei, H Seddiqi, H Honarkar - Iranian Polymer Journal, 2014 - Springer
Chitin the second most abundant polysaccharide is synthesized by an enormous number of
living organisms including fungi and insects. These biopolymers have found many …