Chitin is one of the most abundant natural polysaccharides in the world and it is mainly used
for the production of chitosan by a deacetylation process. Chitosan is a bioactive polymer …

Polysaccharides are the most abundant naturally available carbohydrate polymers;
composed of monosaccharide units covalently connected together. Chitosan is the most …

To overcome the status quo of fragile network and single function in the single-network
hydrogel, this work designed and fabricated a dual-network O-CMCS (O-carboxymethyl …

Background Owing to increasing environmental concerns and growing demands for food
quality maintenance, biodegradable active packaging is emerging on the market to …

Biopolymers have become very attractive as they are degradable, biocompatible, non-toxic
and renewable. Due to the intrinsic reactive amino groups, chitosan is vibrant in the midst of …

Dialdehyde carbohydrates (DCs) have found applications in a wide range of biomedical
field due to their great versatility, biocompatibility/biodegradability, biological properties, and …

Oxidized dextrans (ODex) with different oxidation degrees were prepared by periodate
oxidation. Chitosan (CS) and ε-polylysine (PL) were crosslinked with ODex and incorporated …

Quaternized chitosan (QCS) was blended with pectin (Pec) to improve water solubility and
antibacterial activity of the hydrogel films. Propolis was also loaded into hydrogel films to …

Knowledge of the structure of hydrogels and the mechanism of gelation of intelligent
hydrogels is essential to designing bioinspired hydrogels. As one of the raw materials in …

In this study, changes in the basic composition and structural characterisation of water-
soluble pectin (WSP), homogalacturonan (HG) and rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) from …