Recent advances of chitosan formulations in biomedical applications

MAS Abourehab, S Pramanik, MA Abdelgawad… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, a naturally abundant cationic polymer, is chemically composed of cellulose-based
biopolymers derived by deacetylating chitin. It offers several attractive characteristics such …

Adsorption-photocatalytic degradation abilities of γ-irradiated chitosan-ZnO-AgNP composite for organic dye removal and antibacterial activity

W Chaisorn, P Nuengmatcha, A Noypha… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
We synthesized a γ-irradiated chitosan-ZnO-AgNPs (ICZA) composite by using a simple
hydrogels method. We evaluated its adsorption/photocatalytic degradation abilities for the …

The characteristic properties of chitosan irradiated by gamma rays

T Puspitasari, D Darwis, DS Pangerteni… - AIP Conference …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The Characteristics Properties of Chitosan Irradiated by Gamma Rays. Chitosan is an
abundant natural biopolymer after cellulose derived from the deacetylation of chitin and …

Molecular Weight, Degree of Deacetylation, and Acute Oral Toxicity Evaluation of Irradiated and Nonirradiated Chitosan Using Mice

D Darwis, DS Pangerteni, B Abbas… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chitosan has been used as antimicrobial, anti‐fungal, anti‐virus, antioxidant, and anti‐
cancer agent. As a new biomaterial, chitosan will be required to undergo certain toxicity tests …

Growth-stimulating Effects of Chitosan Biopolymer in Plants

M Chakraborty, T Islam - Biostimulants for Crop Production …, 2022 - cabidigitallibrary.org
In recent years, searching for biological strategies to prevent harmful chemicals from being
used in agriculture contributed to the research on the application of biopolymers. Among the …

Radiation preparation of low molecular weight chitosan for improving the growth of tomatoes

MQ Tran, VB Nguyen, BD Tran, TT Nguyen, KT Duong - 2021 - inis.iaea.org
The effects of radiation dose and condition on the molecular weight (Mw) of chitosan were
investigated with chitosan in solid state, solution with and without hydrogen peroxide …