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ReviewCarbohydrate polymers2021

Starch, cellulose, pectin, gum, alginate, chitin and chitosan derived (nano)materials for sustainable water treatment: A review.

Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Mohaddeseh Sajjadi, Siavash Iravani, Rajender S Varma

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Review in Carbohydrate polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed
32.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 685 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mahmoud NasrollahzadehDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom, 37185-359, Iran. Electronic address: m.nasrollahzadeh@qom.ac.ir.
Mohaddeseh SajjadiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom, 37185-359, Iran.
Siavash IravaniFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Electronic address: siavashira@gmail.com.
Rajender S VarmaChemical Methods and Treatment Branch, Water Infrastructure Division, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH, 45268, USA; Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University in Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Electronic address: Varma.Rajender@epa.gov.
University of Qom · IREnvironmental Protection Agency · USIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural biopolymers, polymeric organic molecules produced by living organisms and/or renewable resources, are considered greener, sustainable, and eco-friendly materials. Natural polysaccharides comprising cellulose, chitin/chitosan, starch, gum, alginate, and pectin are sustainable materials owing to their outstanding structural features, abundant availability, and nontoxicity, ease of modification, biocompatibility, and promissing potentials. Plentiful polysaccharides have been utilized for making assorted (nano)catalysts in recent years; fabrication of polysaccharides-supported metal/metal oxide (nano)materials is one of the effective strategies in nanotechnology. Water is one of the world's foremost environmental stress concerns. Nanomaterial-adorned polysaccharides-based entities have functioned as novel and more efficient (nano)catalysts or sorbents in eliminating an array of aqueous pollutants and contaminants, including ionic metals and organic/inorganic pollutants from wastewater. This review encompasses recent advancements, trends and challenges for natural biopolymers assembled from renewable resources for exploitation in the production of starch, cellulose, pectin, gum, alginate, chitin and chitosan-derived (nano)materials.

Indexed as

BiopolymersNanostructuresAdsorptionAlginatesCatalysisCelluloseChitinChitosanConservation of Water ResourcesGreen Chemistry TechnologyNanotechnologyPectinsStarchWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationAlginatesBiopolymersCelluloseChitinChitosanPectinsStarchWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalDegradationHeavy metalsOrganic dyesPollutantsPolysaccharidesSustainable nanomaterialsWastewater treatment

Identifiers

PMID33142558
PMCPMC8648070
OpenAlexW3081684445

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