Recent developments in chitosan-based adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous environments

DC da Silva Alves, B Healy, LAA Pinto… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The quality of water is continuously under threat as increasing concentrations of pollutants
escape into the aquatic environment. However, these issues can be alleviated by adsorbing …

[HTML][HTML] Biopolymer chitosan: Potential sources, extraction methods, and emerging applications

F Hisham, MHM Akmal, F Ahmad, K Ahmad… - Ain Shams Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Food manufacturing generates a considerable amount of leftovers. Garbage disposal could
cause environmental and ecological issues. Nevertheless, it is often possible to convert …

Quorum quenching: A potential target for antipseudomonal therapy

F Hemmati, R Salehi, R Ghotaslou… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There has been excessive rate of use of antibiotics to fight Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.
aeruginosa) infections worldwide, which has consequently caused the increased resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid materials for the removal of emerging pollutants in water: classification, synthesis, and properties

M Rigoletto, P Calza, E Gaggero, E Laurenti - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, different approaches for achieve the removal of Contaminant of Emerging
Concerns (CECs) from aqueous matrices were developed. Within this framework, the …

Reinforcement of the antimicrobial activity and biofilm inhibition of novel chitosan-based hydrogels utilizing zinc oxide nanoparticles

NY Elmehbad, NA Mohamed, NA Abd El-Ghany… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two novel chemically cross-linked chitosan hydrogels were successfully prepared via
insertion of oxalyl dihydrazide moieties between chitosan Schiff's base chains (OCsSB) and …

Enhanced antimicrobial activity of naturally derived bioactive molecule chitosan conjugated silver nanoparticle against dental implant pathogens

DD Divakar, NT Jastaniyah, HG Altamimi… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Various metal coated implants have been tested against dental pathogens which causes
increased biofilm formation and lead to failure of dental implants. The possibility of using …

Chitosan and chitosan-zinc oxide nanocomposite inhibit expression of LasI and RhlI genes and quorum sensing dependent virulence factors of Pseudomonas …

MSEM Badawy, OKM Riad, FA Taher… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The great ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to cause chronic infection is attributed to
several virulence factors, biofilm formation, intrinsic and acquired resistance to many …

Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Capacity of Chitosan Nanoparticles against Wild Type Strain of Pseudomonas sp. Isolated from Milk of Cows Diagnosed with Bovine …

P Rivera Aguayo, T Bruna Larenas, C Alarcón Godoy… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bovine mastitis (BM) is the most prevalent bacterial infection in the livestock sector, affecting
the dairy industry greatly. The prevention and treatment of this disease is mainly made via …

The assessment of antibiofilm activity of chitosan-zinc oxide-gentamicin nanocomposite on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

F Hemmati, R Salehi, R Ghotaslou, HS Kafil… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, chitosan-zinc oxide (CS-ZnO) nanocomposite with/without gentamicin
was synthesized and characterized which used as an antibiofilm agent to inhibit the biofilm …

Evaluation of antimicrobial and anti-biofilm formation activities of novel poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels reinforced with crosslinked chitosan and silver nano-particles

RT Alfuraydi, FM Alminderej, NA Mohamed - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Novel hydrogels were prepared by blending chitosan and poly (vinyl alcohol), PVA, then
crosslinking the resulting blends using trimellitic anhydride isothiocyanate at a concentration …