Chitin and its derivatives: Structural properties and biomedical applications
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F20%3A73604212" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/20:73604212 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813020338496" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813020338496</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.098" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.098</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Chitin and its derivatives: Structural properties and biomedical applications
Original language description
Chitin, a polysaccharide that occurs abundantly in nature after cellulose, has attracted the interest of the scientific community due to its plenty of availability and low cost. Mostly, it is derived from the exoskeleton of insects and marine crustaceans. Often, it is insoluble in common solvents that limit its applications but its deacetylated product, named chitosan is found to be soluble in protonated aqueous medium and used widely in various biomedical fields. Indeed, the existence of the primary amino group on the backbone of chitosan provides it an important feature to modify it chemically into other derivatives easily. In the present review, we present the structural properties of chitin, and its derivatives and highlighted their biomedical implications including, tissue engineering, drug delivery, diagnosis, molecular imaging, antimicrobial activity, and wound healing. We further discussed the limitations and prospects of this versatile natural polysaccharide.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
ISSN
0141-8130
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
164
Issue of the periodical within the volume
DEC
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
526-539
UT code for WoS article
000588093700049
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85088368517