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ReviewPolymers2023

Chitosan as an Outstanding Polysaccharide Improving Health-Commodities of Humans and Environmental Protection.

Lorenzo A Picos-Corrales, Ana M Morales-Burgos, Jose P Ruelas-Leyva, Grégorio Crini, Evangelina García-Armenta, Sergio A Jimenez-Lam, Lidia E Ayón-Reyna, Fernando Rocha-Alonzo, Loranda Calderón-Zamora, Ulises Osuna-Martínez and 3 more

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Review in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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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

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

13 authors.

Lorenzo A Picos-CorralesFacultad de Ingeniería Culiacán, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-9029-2614
Ana M Morales-BurgosFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Jose P Ruelas-LeyvaFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-5667-2602
Grégorio CriniLaboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 Route de Gray, 25000 Besançon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2540-6851
Evangelina García-ArmentaFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-7219-9221
Sergio A Jimenez-LamFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-2510-0265
Lidia E Ayón-ReynaFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Fernando Rocha-AlonzoDepartamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo 83000, Sonora, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8730-3546
Loranda Calderón-ZamoraFacultad de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Ulises Osuna-MartínezFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7824-6639
Abraham Calderón-CastroFacultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6652-5705
Gonzalo De-Paz-ArroyoFacultad de Ingeniería Culiacán, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Ciudad Universitaria, Culiacán 80013, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Levy N Inzunza-CamachoUnidad Académica Preparatoria Hermanos Flores Magón, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80000, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public health, production and preservation of food, development of environmentally friendly (cosmeto-)textiles and plastics, synthesis processes using green technology, and improvement of water quality, among other domains, can be controlled with the help of chitosan. It has been demonstrated that this biopolymer exhibits advantageous properties, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial effect, mucoadhesive properties, film-forming capacity, elicitor of plant defenses, coagulant-flocculant ability, synergistic effect and adjuvant along with other substances and materials. In part, its versatility is attributed to the presence of ionizable and reactive primary amino groups that provide strong chemical interactions with small inorganic and organic substances, macromolecules, ions, and cell membranes/walls. Hence, chitosan has been used either to create new materials or to modify the properties of conventional materials applied on an industrial scale. Considering the relevance of strategic topics around the world, this review integrates recent studies and key background information constructed by different researchers designing chitosan-based materials with potential applications in the aforementioned concerns.

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anticancer drug formulationsantimicrobial agentbioflocculationcatalytic scaffoldschitosanedible coatingselicitorsfood packagingnutraceutical formulationstextiles

Identifiers

PMID36771826
PMCPMC9920095

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