[HTML][HTML] Chitosan based nanocomposite films and coatings: Emerging antimicrobial food packaging alternatives

S Kumar, A Mukherjee, J Dutta - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Demand for healthy and safe food with minimal use of synthetic inputs
(including synthetic preservatives) is increasing rapidly. Plastic polymers being hazardous to …

Chronic wounds: Current status, available strategies and emerging therapeutic solutions

K Las Heras, M Igartua, E Santos-Vizcaino… - Journal of controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past decades, adequate and well-planned management of chronic wounds has
reached an elevated importance to improve human's quality of life and extend life …

Chemical and physical Chitosan modification for designing enzymatic industrial biocatalysts: How to choose the best strategy?

YL Nunes, FL de Menezes, IG de Sousa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is one of the most abundant natural polymer worldwide, and due to its inherent
characteristics, its use in industrial processes has been extensively explored. Because it is …

Chitosan-based drug delivery systems: from synthesis strategy to osteomyelitis treatment–a review

F Tao, S Ma, H Tao, L Jin, Y Luo, J Zheng, W Xiang… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Osteomyelitis is a complex disease in orthopedics mainly caused by bacterial pathogens
invading bone or bone marrow. The treatment of osteomyelitis is highly difficult and it is a …

Recent advances in chitosan based bioactive materials for food preservation

X Liu, W Liao, W Xia - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a kind of abundant natural polysaccharide obtained from crustaceans such as
shrimp and crab. Due to its functional activity, chitosan has been widely used in food and …

Fabrication of high stability active nanofibers encapsulated with pomegranate peel extract using chitosan/PEO for meat preservation

D Surendhiran, C Li, H Cui, L Lin - Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 2020 - Elsevier
Pomegranate peel extract (PE) immobilized electrospun active nanofibers was fabricated
using Chitosan/Poly (ethylene oxide)(CS/PEO). Various blending ratio of 4%(w/v) CS/PEO …

Electrospinning proteins for wound healing purposes: opportunities and challenges

A Akhmetova, A Heinz - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the growth of the aging population worldwide, chronic wounds represent an increasing
burden to healthcare systems. Wound healing is complex and not only affected by the …

Recent advances in chitosan-based layer-by-layer biomaterials and their biomedical applications

B Hu, Y Guo, H Li, X Liu, Y Fu, F Ding - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, chitosan-based biomaterials have been continually and extensively
researched by using layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly, due to their potentials in biomedicine …

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of chitosan-alginate/gentamicin wound dressing nanofibrous with high antibacterial performance

HR Bakhsheshi-Rad, Z Hadisi, AF Ismail, M Aziz… - Polymer Testing, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound dressings based on nanofiber polymer scaffolds with good antimicrobial
performance and skin reconstruction ability are promising options to thwart wound infection …

A review on antibacterial silk fibroin-based biomaterials: Current state and prospects

S Ghalei, H Handa - Materials today chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial contamination of biomaterials is a common problem and a serious threat to human
health worldwide. Therefore, the development of multifunctional biomaterials that possess …