Recent advances in extraction of chitin and chitosan

N Islam, M Hoque, SF Taharat - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Chitosan is a versatile biopolymer due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial,
non-toxic, mucoadhesive, and highly adsorptive properties. Chitosan and its derivatives …

Agroindustrial byproducts for the generation of biobased products: alternatives for sustainable biorefineries

RR Philippini, SE Martiniano, AP Ingle… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The integrated approach in biorefinery mainly involves the utilization of various
agroindustrial byproducts such as raw materials for the production of several biobased …

Pentose metabolism and conversion to biofuels and high-value chemicals in yeasts

J Ruchala, AA Sibirny - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pentose sugars are widespread in nature and two of them, D-xylose and L-arabinose
belong to the most abundant sugars being the second and third by abundance sugars in dry …

Chitinous polymers: extraction from fungal sources, characterization and processing towards value‐added applications

D Araújo, IC Ferreira, CAV Torres… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chitin, chitosan and their complexes with β‐glucan (chitin–glucan complex, CGC, and
chitosan–glucan complex, ChGC) are value‐added polysaccharides extracted from the cell …

Chitin-glucan complex hydrogels: physical-chemical characterization, stability, in vitro drug permeation, and biological assessment in primary cells

D Araújo, T Rodrigues, C Roma-Rodrigues, VD Alves… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitin-glucan complex (CGC) hydrogels were fabricated by coagulation of the biopolymer
from an aqueous alkaline solution, and their morphology, swelling behavior, mechanical …

Chitin-glucan complex hydrogels: optimization of gel formation and demonstration of drug loading and release ability

D Araújo, T Rodrigues, VD Alves, F Freitas - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitin-glucan complex (CGC) hydrogels were fabricated through a freeze–thaw procedure
for biopolymer dissolution in NaOH 5 mol/L, followed by a dialysis step to promote gelation …

Biovalorization of Lignocellulosic Materials for Xylitol Production by the Yeast Komagataella pastoris

D Araújo, T Costa, F Freitas - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The main goal of this study was to screen different lignocellulosic materials for their ability to
support the cell growth of the yeast Komagataella pastoris and the production of xylitol …

Chitin-glucan complex–Based biopolymeric structures using biocompatible ionic liquids

IC Ferreira, D Araújo, P Voisin, VD Alves… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work explores the novelty of dissolving chitin-glucan complex (CGC), from two fungal
strains, Komagataella pastoris (CGC P) and Aspergillus niger (CGC KZ)(KiOnutrime-CG™) …

A novel process for obtaining high quality cellulose acetate from green landscaping waste

L Cao, G Luo, DCW Tsang, H Chen, S Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
As a typical lignocellulosic biomass, abundant amount of green landscaping waste can be
used as low-cost feedstock to produce value-added chemicals. This work developed a novel …

Ability of bifidobacteria to metabolize chitin-glucan and its impact on the gut microbiota

G Alessandri, C Milani, S Duranti, L Mancabelli… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Chitin-glucan (CG) represents a natural carbohydrate source for certain microbial
inhabitants of the human gut and may act as a prebiotic for a number of bacterial taxa …