TY - JOUR
T1 - Chitosan as an Outstanding Polysaccharide Improving Health-Commodities of Humans and Environmental Protection
AU - Picos-Corrales, Lorenzo A.
AU - Morales-Burgos, Ana M.
AU - Ruelas-Leyva, Jose P.
AU - Crini, Grégorio
AU - García-Armenta, Evangelina
AU - Jimenez-Lam, Sergio A.
AU - Ayón-Reyna, Lidia E.
AU - Rocha-Alonzo, Fernando
AU - Calderón-Zamora, Loranda
AU - Osuna-Martínez, Ulises
AU - Calderón-Castro, Abraham
AU - De-Paz-Arroyo, Gonzalo
AU - Inzunza-Camacho, Levy N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Public health, production and preservation of food, development of environmentally friendly (cosmeto-)textiles and plastics, synthesis processes using green technology, and improvement of water quality, among other domains, can be controlled with the help of chitosan. It has been demonstrated that this biopolymer exhibits advantageous properties, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial effect, mucoadhesive properties, film-forming capacity, elicitor of plant defenses, coagulant-flocculant ability, synergistic effect and adjuvant along with other substances and materials. In part, its versatility is attributed to the presence of ionizable and reactive primary amino groups that provide strong chemical interactions with small inorganic and organic substances, macromolecules, ions, and cell membranes/walls. Hence, chitosan has been used either to create new materials or to modify the properties of conventional materials applied on an industrial scale. Considering the relevance of strategic topics around the world, this review integrates recent studies and key background information constructed by different researchers designing chitosan-based materials with potential applications in the aforementioned concerns.
AB - Public health, production and preservation of food, development of environmentally friendly (cosmeto-)textiles and plastics, synthesis processes using green technology, and improvement of water quality, among other domains, can be controlled with the help of chitosan. It has been demonstrated that this biopolymer exhibits advantageous properties, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial effect, mucoadhesive properties, film-forming capacity, elicitor of plant defenses, coagulant-flocculant ability, synergistic effect and adjuvant along with other substances and materials. In part, its versatility is attributed to the presence of ionizable and reactive primary amino groups that provide strong chemical interactions with small inorganic and organic substances, macromolecules, ions, and cell membranes/walls. Hence, chitosan has been used either to create new materials or to modify the properties of conventional materials applied on an industrial scale. Considering the relevance of strategic topics around the world, this review integrates recent studies and key background information constructed by different researchers designing chitosan-based materials with potential applications in the aforementioned concerns.
KW - anticancer drug formulations
KW - antimicrobial agent
KW - bioflocculation
KW - catalytic scaffolds
KW - chitosan
KW - edible coatings
KW - elicitors
KW - food packaging
KW - nutraceutical formulations
KW - textiles
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U2 - 10.3390/polym15030526
DO - 10.3390/polym15030526
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 36771826
AN - SCOPUS:85147844636
SN - 2073-4360
VL - 15
JO - Polymers
JF - Polymers
IS - 3
M1 - 526
ER -