Archive for the ‘June 2009’ Category
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
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: mv.deshpande@ncl.res.in
Phone 0091 20 25902246
Fax 0091 20 25902648
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
Mucoralean fungi cell walls: percentage of chitin and chitosan, and characterization of microfibrillar fraction (chitin)
Monday, November 2nd, 20091G. 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
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.
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
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
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
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)
