Archive for the ‘June 2009’ Category

Chitosan-dendrimer hybrid

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Evaluation of chitin and chitosan production by Rhizopus arrhizus UCP 402 mediated by Dibenzothiophene (DBT)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

RENATA G.S. INÁCIO1,3; MARTA C. FEITAS DA SILVA2,3; KAORU OKADA3,4;

GALBA M. CAMPOS-TAKAKI 3,5

1Master Course in Development of Environmental Processes; Catholic University of Pernambuco, Rua do Príncipe, 526, Boa Vista, CEP 50050-900, Recife - PE, Brazil, 2 Doctorate Course in Fungal Biology- Federal University of Pernambuco-Recife-PE, Brazil; 3Nucleus of Research in Environmental Sciences , 3Center of Biological Sciences and Health, 4Center of Sciences and Technology, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Rua do Príncipe, 526, Boa Vista, CEP 50050-900, Recife - PE, Brazil

Corresponding author: Galba M. Campos-Takaki, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Rua do Príncipe, 526, Boa Vista, CEP 50050-900, Recife - PE, Brazil . gmctakaki@pq.cnpq.br and takaki@unicap.br

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Chitosan production using a dimorphic zygomycetous fungus Benjaminiella poitrasii: role of chitin deacetylase

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

NAMITA DOIPHODE1, P.R. RAJAMOHANAN2, VANDANA GHORMADE3 AND MUKUND V. DESHPANDE1*

1Biochemical Sciences Division and

2Central NMR Facility National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008

3Present address: Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004

* Corresponding Author Dr Mukund V. Deshpande

Biochemical Sciences Division National Chemical Laboratory Pune 411008

e-mail:

Phone 0091 20 25902246

Fax 0091 20 25902648

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Antimicrobial activity of chitosan cornstarch films

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

LIN XIAO ZHUANG and ZAINOHA ZAKARIA

Department of Chemistry, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

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Mucoralean fungi cell walls: percentage of chitin and chitosan, and characterization of microfibrillar fraction (chitin)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

1G. M. CAMPOS-TAKAKI and 2S.M. C. DIETRICH

1Nucleus of Research in Environmental Sciences, Center of Siences and Technology, Catholic University of Pernambuco. 50050-590 Recife-PE, Brazil.

2Botanical Institute, São Paulo-

Corresponding author: G. M. Campos-Takaki- Nucleus of Research in Environmental Sciences, Catholic University of Pernambuco. 50050-590 Recife-PE, Brazil. Phone; +55 81 21194017, Fax: +55 81 21194043E.mail: gmctakaki@pq.cnpq.br

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Effect of captopril in hypertensive rats injected through a thermogel based on chitosan-PVA

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

L. MARTÍNEZ 1, G. ARCINIAGA 1, N.R.MARTÍNEZ2, A. CEDILLO 2,

*S.P. MIRANDA2

1Laboratory of Pharmacology of the Myocardium, 2Laboratory of Biotechnology, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlan -UNAM, campo 1, Av Primero de Mayo s/n, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Edo de México, México. C.P. 54700.

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Production of partially depolymerized chitosans using sodium nitrite and their in vitro fat binding capacity

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

MAMADOUBA BANGOURAa and WEN -SHUI XIAa*

a Department of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

*Correspondence author. E-mail: xiaws@jiangnan.edu.cn

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Development of novel alpha- and beta-chitin hydrogel membranes for tissue-engineering applications

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

R. JAYAKUMAR1*, V. V. DIVYA RANI1, K. T. SHALUMON1, P. T. SUDHESSH KUMAR1, S. V. NAIR1, T. FURUIKE2 and H. TAMURA2

1Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Viswa Vidhyapeetham University, Cochin-682 026, India

2Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering and High Technology Research Centre, Kansai University, Osaka-564-8680, Japan

*E-mail address: rjayakumar@aims.amrita.edu & jayakumar77@yahoo.com

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Enhanced systemic and mucosal immune response in mice immunized intranasally with BSA formulation by co-administration of CTB

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

PREM N GUPTA1?, NEHA GUPTA2, SACHI YADAV1, U K PATIL1 and S K YADAV1

1Drug and Vaccine Delivery Research Laboratory, VNS Institute of Pharmacy, Neelbud, Bhopal (MP), India

2Sagar Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sagar (MP), India

?Corresponding Author

Email: premngupta@yahoo.in

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Novel Interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels based on chitosan and polyacrylic acid

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Amrita Talapatra and Manjeet Jassal*

Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas

New Delhi, 110016, INDIA

* Corresponding author:

E-mail addresses: manjeetjassal@gmail.com (Manjeet Jassal)

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