Chitin is the most abundant natural polysaccharide and chitosan is its most important
derivative. Regardless of having various bioactivities, the water insolubilities of chitin and …

Chitosan is a natural nontoxic biopolymer produced by alkaline deacetylation of chitin.
Chitin and chitosan are insoluble in water as well as most organic solvents. Chito-oligomers …

Chitin (β-(1-4)-poly-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) is widely distributed in nature and is the
second most abundant polysaccharide after cellulose. Chitin occurs in nature as ordered …

Chitooligosaccharides, also known as chitosan oligomers or chitooligomers, are made up of
chitosan with a degree of polymerization (DP) that is less than 20 and an average molecular …

Chitosan oligosaccharides (COSs) are widely used biopolymers that have been studied in
relation to a variety of abnormal biological activities in the food and biomedical fields. Since …

Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer, possesses diverse applications in the food,
agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries due to its functional properties. However, the …

The design of biocompatible implants for neuron repair/regeneration ideally requires high
cell adhesion as well as good electrical conductivity. Here, we have shown that plasma …

Andrographolide from leaves of Andrographis paniculata has been known to possess
various bioactivities. In the present study, we aimed to explore the neuroprotection of …

The animal immune response to chitin is not well understood and needs to be investigated
further. However, this is a challenging topic to study because of the technical difficulties in …

Chitooligosaccharide (COS) has been shown to regulate many biological functions, such as
antimicrobial effect and antitumor activity. In the present study, highly N-acetylated …