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ArticleCaspian journal of internal medicine2014

Synthesis and optimization of chitosan nanoparticles: Potential applications in nanomedicine and biomedical engineering.

Arezou Ghadi, Soleiman Mahjoub, Fatemeh Tabandeh, Farid Talebnia

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Article in Caspian journal of internal medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arezou GhadiFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran.
Soleiman MahjoubFatemeh Zahra Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. ; Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Fatemeh TabandehNational Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran.
Farid TalebniaFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran.
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology · IRNational Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChitosan nanoparticles have become of great interest for nanomedicine, biomedical engineering and development of new therapeutic drug release systems with improved bioavailability, increased specificity and sensitivity, and reduced pharmacological toxicity. The aim of the present study was to synthesis and optimize of the chitosan nanoparticles for industrial and biomedical applications.

methodsFe3O4 was synthesized and optimized as magnetic core nanoparticles and then chitosan covered this magnetic core. The size and morphology of the nano-magnetic chitosan was analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Topography and size distribution of the nanoparticles were shown with two-dimensional and three-dimensional images of atomic force microscopy (AFM). The nanoparticles were analyzed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

resultsThe chitosan nanoparticles prepared in the experiment exhibited white powder shape. The SEM micrographs of the nano-magnetic chitosan showed that they were approximately uniform spheres. The unmodified chitosan nanoparticles composed of clusters of nanoparticles with sizes ranging from 10 nm to 80 nm. AFM provides a three-dimensional surface profile. The TEM image showed physical aggregation of the chitosan nanoparticles.

conclusionThe results show that a novel chitosan nanoparticle was successfully synthesized and characterized. It seems that this nanoparticle like the other chitosan nano particles has potential applications for nanomedicine, biomedical engineering, industrial and pharmaceutical fields.

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Biomedical engineering.ChitosanNanomedicineNanoparticle

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PMID25202443
PMCPMC4143737
OpenAlexW180876515

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