β‐Chitin and chitosan from waste shells of edible mollusks as a functional ingredient

D Karthick Rajan, K Mohan, J Rajarajeswaran… - Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The marine food‐processing industries were producing large quantities of shell wastes as a
discard. Currently, this waste material was underutilized and leads to the landfill as a …

Chitosan as a Canvas for Studies of Macromolecular Controls on CaCO3 Biological Crystallization

BM Knight, KJ Edgar, JJ De Yoreo… - Biomacromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
A mechanistic understanding of how macromolecules, typically as an organic matrix,
nucleate and grow crystals to produce functional biomineral structures remains elusive …

Naturally prefabricated 3D chitinous skeletal scaffold of marine demosponge origin, biomineralized ex vivo as a functional biomaterial

T Machałowski, J Idaszek, A Chlanda, M Heljak… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solutions developed by nature for structural and functional optimization of three-dimensional
(3D) skeletal structures provide unique windows not only into the evolutionary pathways of …

Influence of biodegradation on the tensile and wear resistance properties of bio-derived CaCO3/epoxy composites

IO Oladele, AD Akinwekomi, OG Agbabiaka… - Journal of Polymer …, 2019 - Springer
This research work investigated the influence of palm kernel shell-derived calcium
carbonate (CaCO 3) fillers and biodegradation on the tensile and wear properties of epoxy …

Kinetics of Calcite Nucleation onto Sulfated Chitosan Derivatives and Implications for Water–Polysaccharide Interactions during Crystallization of Sparingly Soluble …

BM Knight, R Mondal, N Han, NF Pietra… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Anionic macromolecules are found at sites of CaCO3 biomineralization in diverse
organisms, but their roles in crystallization are not well-understood. We prepared a series of …

Doxorubicin-Loaded Squid Pen Plaster: A Natural Drug Delivery System for Cancer Cells

G Magnabosco, A Ianiro, D Stefani… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The native structure of the β-chitin in the gladius (squid pen) of Loligo vulgaris squid can be
used as a natural plaster to entrap and release a model drug, doxorubicin, in a targeted and …

Characterization and Potential of Enhancing Bone Regeneration Using Raw Cuttlebone Aragonite Nanoparticles: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.

HA ELGendi, A Ezzat, NT ElKazzaz - Ain Shams Dental Journal, 2024 - journals.ekb.eg
Aim: This study aimed to examine the cuttlebone nanoparticles prepared by ball-milling top-
down approach without any thermal treatments or chemical additives to investigate its …

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Aim: This study aimed to examine the cuttlebone nanoparticles prepared by ball-milling top-
down approach without any thermal treatments or chemical additives to investigate its …

[PDF][PDF] Isolation and Characterization of Chitin Nanofibers from Calocybe indica and its Applications

N Shobana, S Saigeetha, VS Antony - sciences, 2021 - researchgate.net
In this study, chitin nanofibers are isolated from Calocybe indica (Milky White Mushroom),
and they are further characterized using various analytical techniques such as UV-VIS, FTIR …