Environmental and sustainability issues have received increasing attention in recent years.
As a natural biopolymer, chitosan has been developed as a sustainable alternative to …

There has been a significant increase in the development of edible films and coatings in
recent times, and this is expected to have a significant impact on the quality of fruit and …

Polysaccharides are a structurally diverse class of biomolecules with a wide variety of
bioactivities. Natural polysaccharides isolated from plants and fungi are used as raw …

Chitosan is a biodegradable biocompatible polymer derived from natural renewable
resources with numerous applications in various fields, and one of which is the area of …

Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan are natural polymers composed of randomly
distributed β-(1-4)-linked D-glucosamine (deacetylated unit) and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine …

Recently, much attention has been paid to chitosan as a potential polysaccharide resource.
Although several efforts have been reported to prepare functional derivatives of chitosan by …

Antioxidant activity of chitosans of different molecular weights (30, 90 and 120kDa chitosan)
in salmon (Salmo salar) was investigated. The progress of oxidation was monitored by …

There has been a growing interest and effort over the last few years in the development of
novel food packaging concepts, which can play a proactive role regarding product …

Chitosan Amphiphilic Derivatives. Chemistry and Applications Page 1 308 Current Organic
Chemistry, 2010, 14, 308-330 1385-2728/10 $55.00+.00 © 2010 Bentham Science Publishers …

Low molecular weight chitosan (4.6 kDa) and N-/2 (3)-(dodec-2-enyl) succinoyl/-derivatives
of different degrees of substitution were tested for their antimicrobial activity against …