Archive for the ‘December 2007’ Category

Chitosan and its derivatives: Promising materials for textile finishing

Monday, December 15th, 2008

M. PRABAHARAN*1, M. RAJKUMAR2, and R. JAYAKUMAR3

1Polymer Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee 53211, WI, USA

2Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Coimbra, Coimbra 3001 455, Portugal

3Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, and High Technology Research Centre, Kansai University, Osaka 564 8680, Japan

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EFFECT OF ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS ON CHITIN AND CHITOSAN PRODUCTION BY Cunninghamella elegans UCP 542 USING FACTORIAL DESIGN

Monday, December 15th, 2008

MARTA CRISTINA DE FREITAS DA SILVA1, BENICÍO DE BARROS NETO2, THAYZA CHRISTINA MONTENEGRO STAMFORD3 , GALBA MARIA DE CAMPOS TAKAKI4 *

1Fungi Biology Pos-graduatin course and 2Chemistry Departament, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil

3Nucleus of Health Research, Integrated College of Patos-PB, Brazil

4Department of Chemistry, 5Nucleus of Research in Environmental Science, Catholic University of Pernambuco. 50.050-590. Recife-PE, Brazil

*Corresponding author: E-mail: gmc@pesquisador.cnpq.br

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Formation of chitosan beads and lactic acid production by chitosan-immobilised Lactobacillus sp.

Monday, December 15th, 2008

RUHAIDA RUSMIN AND ZAINOHA ZAKARIA*

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Technology Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.

zainoha@fs.utm.my

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Chitosan and gamma irradiated chitosan against Aspergillus flavus in maize

Monday, December 15th, 2008

S.P. MIRANDA1*, E. MIRANDA1 and J. SERRANO2

1Laboratorio de Biotecnología, FESC, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campo #1 Av Primero de mayo s/n, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Estado de México. México.

2 Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares A. P. 18-1027, Col. Escandón. Delegación Miguel Hidalgo. C. P. 11801. México, D. F., México.

*Corresponding author: E-mail: mircas@servidor.unam.mx

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Preparation of braided rope with chitosan-coated alginate filament

Monday, December 15th, 2008

HIDEAKI NAGAHAMA1, MASATO YAMAZAKI1, NWE NITAR1, RANGASAMY JAYAKUMAR1, HIROSHI SEO2, TETSUYA FURUIKE1, and HIROSHI TAMURA1*

1Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering and HRC, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680 Japan

2Syukugawa Gakuin College, 6-58 Koshikiiwa-machi, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 662-8555, Japan

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Chitosan based scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Monday, December 15th, 2008


KUMARI RINKI1, JOYDEEP DUTTA P.K.DUTTA

1Department of Chemistry,

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad-211 004, India

2Department of Skin and Tissue Engineering,

Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre,

Thane-Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai- 400 701, India

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Synthesis of N, O-carboxymethyl chitosan beads for controlled drug delivery applications

Monday, December 15th, 2008

RANGASAMY JAYAKUMAR, HIDEAKI NAGAHAMA, TETSUYA FURUIKE and HIROSHI TAMURA*

Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering and HRC, Kansai University, Osaka-564-8680, Japan

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Preparation of chitosan-polyethyleneglycol wound dressings

Monday, December 15th, 2008

B. Gupta1*, S. Saxena1, R. Bashir2, S. Alam2

1Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi-110016, India

2Department of Chemistry, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110029, India

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Chitosan in tissue regeneration

Monday, December 15th, 2008

POONAM VERMA1, VIPIN VERMA1, PRATIMA RAY2 and ALOK R. RAY1*

1Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) & All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi-110016, INDIA.

2Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),

New Delhi-110029, INDIA.

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Preparation of chitosan-EDTA complex and its Cd2+ ion uptake capacity

Monday, December 15th, 2008

SANTOSH KUMAR1, JOYDEEP DUTTA2 and PRADIP KUMAR DUTTA1*

1Department of Chemistry

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad-211 004, India

2Department of Skin and Tissue Engineering

Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, Thane Belapur Road, Rabale Navi Mumbai- 400 701, India

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