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 …

Advanced therapeutic dressings for effective wound healing—a review

J Boateng, O Catanzano - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Advanced therapeutic dressings that take active part in wound healing to achieve rapid and
complete healing of chronic wounds is of current research interest. There is a desire for …

Monitoring freshness of chicken breast by using natural halochromic curcumin loaded chitosan/PEO nanofibers as an intelligent package

E Yildiz, G Sumnu, LN Kahyaoglu - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intelligent packaging is important to get information about real time quality of foods. The
objective of this study was to develop an electrospun nanofiber halochromic pH sensor film …

Electrospinning of chitosan-based solutions for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

SB Qasim, MS Zafar, S Najeeb, Z Khurshid… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Electrospinning has been used for decades to generate nano-fibres via an electrically
charged jet of polymer solution. This process is established on a spinning technique, using …

Electrospun mutualism–inspired CA/CMA/PHMB ultrafine bimodal nanofibrous membrane for high–performance, antibacterial, and mosquito–repellent air filtration

Z Shao, G Kang, J Xie, R Shen, H Li, Z Zeng… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Composite bio–based multifunctional air filtration is a great challenge and development
trend for personal protection. This work was inspired by nature mutualism to produce bio …

Emerging chitin and chitosan nanofibrous materials for biomedical applications

F Ding, H Deng, Y Du, X Shi, Q Wang - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past several decades, we have witnessed significant progress in chitosan and
chitin based nanostructured materials. The nanofibers from chitin and chitosan with …

Evaluation of wound healing efficiency of vancomycin-loaded electrospun chitosan/poly ethylene oxide nanofibers in full thickness wound model of rat

F Kalalinia, Z Taherzadeh, N Jirofti, N Amiri… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrospun hybrid nanofibers have been extensively regarded as drug carriers. This study
tries to introduce a nano fibrous wound dressing as a new strategy for a topical drug-delivery …

Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan Derivatives Containing N-Quaternized Moieties in Its Backbone: A Review

AF Martins, SP Facchi, HDM Follmann… - International Journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, which is derived from a deacetylation reaction of chitin, has attractive antimicrobial
activity. However, chitosan applications as a biocide are only effective in acidic medium due …

Evaluation of electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)-based nanofiber mats incorporated with Zataria multiflora essential oil as potential wound dressing

NT Ardekani, M Khorram, K Zomorodian… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Infections, especially those caused by multi-drug resistant pathogens, result in serious
problems in wound healing process. In this study, Zataria multiflora (ZM) essential oil, as a …

Chitosan biomaterials for current and potential dental applications

S Husain, KH Al-Samadani, S Najeeb, MS Zafar… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chitosan (CHS) is a very versatile natural biomaterial that has been explored for a range of
bio-dental applications. CHS has numerous favourable properties such as biocompatibility …