Archive for the ‘December 2006’ Category

Apatite forming ability of N-carboxymethyl chitosan gels in a simulated body fluid

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

RANGASAMY JAYAKUMAR, and HIROSHI TAMURA

Biofunctionalization Lab, Faculty of Engineering and High Technology Research Centre, Kansai University, Osaka- 564-8680.Japan

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Phospholipid vesicles containing chitosan nanoparticles for oral immunization: Preparation and in-vitro investigation

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

PREM N. GUPTA, S.MAHOR, K. KHATRI, A. GOYAL, and S. P. VYAS

Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Development of pharmaceutical Science Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar-470003, India

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Controlling morphology and porosity of 3-D chitosan scaffolds produced by thermally induced phase separation technique

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

AI-JUN WANG, WEN-LING CAO, QIANG AO, KAI GONG, LI-JUN KONG, YAN-DAO GONG, and XIU-FANG ZHANG

            1 Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, State Key

           Laboratory of  Biomembrane a  nd      Membrane Biotechnology and 2

           Department of Neurosurgery,   Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua

            University, Beijing 100049, China

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Chitosan composites for tissue engineering: Bone tissue engineering scaffolds

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

TAO JIANG1, LAKSHMI S. NAIR2 and CATO T. LAURENCEN1,2,3*

1Department of Chemical Engineering, 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and

3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Chalottesville,

VA 22908 USA

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Chitin produced by Cunnighamella elegans (IFM 46109) and applied to wound healing

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

 RITA DE CASSIA C. MAIA1, LUCIANA O. FRANCO2,7, THAYZA C. M. STAMFORD 4,7, KAZUTAKA FUKUSHIMA5, ANA L. F. PORTO3, and GALBA M. CAMPOS-TAKAKI6,7*

1 Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, USA

2 Department of Microbiology and 3 Department of Morphology and Animal Physiology

Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Pernambuko, Brazil

4 Odontology Department, Pernambuco University, Recife-PE, Brazil

5 Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses

Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

6 Chemistry and Environment Department and 7 Nucleus of Research in Environmental Science, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil.

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Compatibility of chitosan / PVA blends in aqueous acetic acid solutions at various temperatures

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

K. S. V. KRISHNA RAO1, ILDOO CHUNG1, B. G. LOKESH2, K. CHOWDOJI RAO2, M. C. S. SUBHA3, and T.M. AMINABHAVI4*

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan

609-735, Korea

Dept. of Polymer Science and Technology and

Department of Chemistry, Sri Krishnadevarya University, Anantapur, 515 003, India

Center of Excellence in Polymer Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India

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Effect of salinity and glucose on chitin and chitosan production by Cunninghamella elegans

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

MARTA CRISTINA FREITAS DA SILVA1,5, THAYZA CHRISTINA MONTENEGRO STAMFORD2,5, LUCIANA DE OLIVEIRA FRANCO3,5 AND GALBA MARIA DE CAMPOS-TALALI4,5*

1Fungal Biology Post-graduation Course, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil

2Dentistry Department, Pernambuco University, Recife-PE, Brazil

3Department of Microbiology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Serra Talhada-PE, Brazil

4Chemistry and Environment Department and 5 Nucleus of Research in Environmental Sciences, Catholic University of Pernambuco. Recife-PE, Brazil

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Studies on the dispersive stability of DNA/chitosan complexes on varying the molecular weight and degree on deacetylation of chitosan

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

V. B. MORRIS, A. EMILIA, and C.K.S. PILLAI*

Chemical Sciences Division, Regional Research Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Thiruvananthapuram-695 019, India

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Thermal and structural behaviour of chitosan gels

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

JOYDEEP DUTTA1, AND PRADIP KUMAR DUTTA2*

1Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, kanpur-211016, India

2Department of Chemistry, M.N.National Institute of Technology, Allahabad-211 004, India

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Development of porous chitosan tubular scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

  JUN WANG1, WEN-LING CAO1, KAI GONG1, QIANG AO2, KONG LI-JUN1, CHENG-ZHAO HE1,YAN-DAO GONG1, and XIU-FANG ZHANG1*

Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology and Department of Neurosurgery, Yuquan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100049, China

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