Polyelectrolyte hydrogels formed by xanthan gum and chitosan can be used for encapsulation and controlled release of food ingredients, cells, enzymes, and therapeutic agents. In this study, xanthan–chitosan microcapsules were formed by complex coacervation. The effects of initial polymer concentration and chitosan solution pH on the crosslinking density of xanthan–chitosan network were investig...

The development of antimicrobial coatings for footwear components is of great interest both from industry and consumer's point of view. In this work, antimicrobial leather materials were developed taking advantage of chitosan intrinsic antimicrobial activity and film forming capacity. Considering the specificities of the leather tanning industry, different coating technologies, namely drum, cal...

To prepare the sustained release vitamin C carriers, vitamin C was successfully encapsulated in tripolyphosphate (TPP) cross-linked chitosan (TPP-chitosan) microspheres by the spray-drying method at different manufacturing conditions. Manufacturing parameters (inlet temperature, liquid flow rate, chitosan concentration and volume of 1% w/v TPP solution) had a significant influence on the charac...

bioedegradable nanoparticles are intensively investigated for their potential applications in drug delivery systems. being a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, chitosan holds great promise for use in this area. this investigation was concerned with determination and optimization of the effective parameters involved in the production of chitosan nanoparticles using ionic gelation method. s...

radiation degradation of chitosan is one of the most important methods to prepare antibacterial oligochitosans. in this study, the effect of solvent on the reduction of degradation dose and enhancement of the antibacterialactivity of chitosan against pectobacterium carotovorum (pc) has been considered.gamma radiation degradation was applied to chitosan as solid and aqueous solution at dose rang...

Chitosan microparticles were prepared with tripolyphosphate (TPP) by ionic crosslinking. The particle sizes of TPP-chitosan microparticles were in range from 500 to 710 microm and encapsulation efficiencies of drug were more than 90%. The morphologies of TPP-chitosan microparticles were examined with scanning electron microscopy. As pH of TPP solution decreased and molecular weight (MW) of chit...

The antimicrobial effect of the polyamide 6/66-chitosan blend obtained by extrusion and chitosan-coated plastic films was compared with pure chitosan films and chitosan solution against Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Bacillus cereus. The films from polyamide 6/66-chitosan blend had no antibacterial activity, and the chitosan plastic film coating (bilayer system) showed only contac...

this study presents the first ever data of extracting chitin from the chiton shell, which then converted to the soluble chitosan by soaking in the 45% naoh solution. the obtained chitin and chitosan were characterized by the seven different methods. antioxidant activity of the extracted chitosan was also evaluated using the two methods. the shell content was divided into calcium carbonate (90.5...

We examined the effects of four kinds of chitosan derivatives on initial adherence of oral bacteria onto human anterior teeth surfaces. The buccal surfaces of anterior teeth were used as the experimental surfaces. They were divided into five rectangle areas with outer dimensions of about 2 mm x 4 mm. After applying two ml of a sample solution onto the tooth surfaces, an examiner wiped each rect...

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of chitosan molecular weight on size, size distribution, release rate, mucoadhesive properties and electrostatic bonding of alginate/chitosan microparticles containing prednisolone Methods: Three mucoadhesive alginate/chitosan microparticle formulations, f1, f2 and f3, were prepared using low, medium and high chitosan molecular...