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Edo GI, Yousif E, Al-Mashhadani MH. Modified chitosan: Insight on biomedical and industrial applications. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 275:133526. [PMID: 38960250 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Chitosan (CS), a by -product of chitin deacetylation can be useful in a broad range of purposes, to mention agriculture, pharmaceuticals, material science, food and nutrition, biotechnology and of recent, in gene therapy. Chitosan is a highly desired biomolecule due to the existence of many sensitive functional groups inside the molecule and also because of its net cationicity. The latter provides flexibility for creating a wide range of derivatives for particular end users across various industries. This overview aims to compile some of the most recent research on the bio-related applications that chitosan and its derivatives can be used for. However, chitosan's reactive functional groups are amendable to chemical reaction. Modifying the material to show enhanced solubility, a greater range of application options and pH-sensitive targeting and others have been a major focus of chitosan research. This review describes the modifications of chitosan that have been made to improve its water solubility, pH sensitivity, and capacity to target chitosan derivatives. Applying the by-products of chitosan as antibacterial, in targeting, extended release and as delivery systems is also covered. The by-products of chitosan will be important and potentially useful in developing new biomedical drugs in time to come.
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- Great Iruoghene Edo
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
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Wang N, Sheng Q, Zhu H, Wang J, Qiu J, Cui M, Zhou Y, Deng X, Deng Y, Wang L. Enhancing the effectiveness of Polymyxin E with a Fisetin Nanoemulsion against a Colistin-resistant Salmonella typhimurium infection. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 130:155768. [PMID: 38815408 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Polymyxin E is widely recognized as a last resort for treating multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of polymyxin E is significantly reduced when treating life-threatening bacterial infections due to plasmid-mediated polymyxin E resistance. The synergistic effect of applying a polymyxin E adjuvant is a promising strategy for overcoming the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. PURPOSE To evaluate the synergistic effect of fisetin and polymyxin E on S. typhimurium infections in vivo and further elucidate the underlying mechanism of this effect. METHODS The effect of combining fisetin and polymyxin E to treat mobilized colistin resistance-1-positive (MCR-1-positive) gram-negative bacteria in vitro was examined using various methods, such as checkerboard assays, growth curves and time‒kill curves. To elucidate the mechanism by which fisetin affects MCR-1, we employed ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectroscopy, thin layer chromatography (TLC), and western blot analysis to investigate its effect at the protein level. Subsequently, molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) and metabolomics analysis were utilized to determine the site of interaction between fisetin and MCR-1 as well as the potential pathways and mechanisms involved. A new nanoemulsion of fisetin was produced using high-pressure homogenization, and its stability was tested. Finally, two animal models of S. typhimurium HYM2 infection were established to evaluate the synergistic effect of polymyxin E and fisetin in vivo. RESULTS Our study revealed that fisetin exhibited a synergistic effect when combined with polymyxin E against MCR-1-positive S. typhimurium. The TLC results demonstrated that fisetin could inhibit the phosphoethanolamine (PEA) transfer of the MCR-1 protein, thereby restoring the activity of polymyxin E in strains against MCR-1. The MDS analysis indicated robust and immediate binding between fisetin and the MCR-1 protein, with both hydrophobic and polar effects playing significant roles in determining the binding energy of the former. Metabolomic studies demonstrated that the addition of fisetin significantly modulated bacterial metabolites. Moreover, it effectively inhibited the activity of ABC transporters in bacteria, thereby mitigating bacterial drug resistance and enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of polymyxin E. Furthermore, in mouse and chick models of infection, intragastric administration of the fisetin nanoemulsion together with polymyxin E resulted in significant therapeutic benefits, including increased survival rates, reduced bacterial colonization, and decreased levels of inflammatory factors. CONCLUSION Fisetin, an MCR-1 inhibitor and a promising synergistic partner of polymyxin E, has significant potential for clinical application in the treatment of S. typhimurium infections, particularly those resulting extensively from drug-resistant MCR-1-positive strains.
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- Nan Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China
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- Jilin Province Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute, Changchun 130103, Jinlin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China
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- Jilin Mushuo Breeding Co., Ltd, Changchun 130052, Jilin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, Jilin, PR China.
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Moradi S, Mozafari R, Ghadermazi M. Phosphomolybdic acid supported on magnetic poly calix[4]resorcinarene-EDTA-chitosan network as a recyclable catalyst for the synthesis of 5-aroyl-NH-1,3-oxazolidine-2-ones. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12865. [PMID: 38834811 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63493-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024] Open
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In this work, a novel procedure for immobilization of phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) on Magnetic polycalix[4]resorcinarene grafted to chitosan by EDTA (calix-EDTA-Cs) was reported. The heterogeneous nanocomposite (CoFe2O4@calix-EDTA-Cs@PMA) was applied an acid nanocatalyst for the synthesis of 5-aroyl-NH-1,3-oxazolidine-2-ones through the reaction of α-epoxyketones with sodium cyanate (NaOCN) in polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a green solvent under ultrasonic irradiation conditions. Some features of this work include quick reaction time, high reaction yield, easy separation of the catalyst, thermal stability, and eco-friendly.
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- Setareh Moradi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
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Sutar DJ, Zende SN, Kadam AN, Mali M, Mhaldar PM, Tapase A, Bathula C, Lee SW, Gokavi GS. Magnetically separable mixed metal oxide nanocomposite (Pd/MnFe2O4) for Suzuki cross-coupling in aqueous medium. J Organomet Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2022.122541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Afshari M, Varma RS, Saghanezhad SJ. Catalytic Applications of Heteropoly acid-Supported Nanomaterials in Synthetic Transformations and Environmental Remediation. COMMENT INORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/02603594.2022.2109019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Mozhgan Afshari
- Department of Chemistry, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Zhou R, Liu S, He F, Ren H, Han Z. Alkylpolyglycoside modified MnFe 2O 4 with abundant oxygen vacancies boosting singlet oxygen dominated peroxymonosulfate activation for organic pollutants degradation. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 285:131433. [PMID: 34237500 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A novel alkylpolyglycoside (APG)-modified MnFe2O4 nanocomposite (APG@MnFe2O4) enriched with oxygen vacancies (VOs) was developed via co-precipitation and characterized as a peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activator to degrade 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) as the model contaminant. The APG effectively promoted the in situ formation of VOs on MnFe2O4 and subsequently enhanced the production of singlet oxygen (1O2). Furthermore, the APG@MnFe2O4 initialized an even more efficient non-radical pathway and dominated the degradation of 2,4-DCP. The constructed APG@MnFe2O4 exhibited a much higher reaction rate constant (0.0522) by ~12.73 times of that of the bare MnFe2O4 (0.0041). The degradation efficiency of 2,4-DCP in the APG@MnFe2O4/PMS system approached 93% within 90 min, a rate significantly higher than that in the MnFe2O4/PMS system (32%) given the same condition. The reasonable catalytic mechanism can be attributed to the Fe/Mn/VOs species. The APG@MnFe2O4 also exhibits universally high removal activity for various pollutants and excellent cyclic stability. Thus, the APG@MnFe2O4 is a promising PMS activator, and its utilization offers a useful strategy for developing VOs-enriched MnFe2O4 catalysts as a means of eliminating organic pollutants from wastewater.
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- Rui Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, 130021, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Resource and Environment, College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, 130021, China.
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Hassanzadeh‐Afruzi F, Dogari H, Esmailzadeh F, Maleki A. Magnetized melamine‐modified polyacrylonitrile (PAN@melamine/Fe
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) organometallic nanomaterial: Preparation, characterization, and application as a multifunctional catalyst in the synthesis of bioactive dihydropyrano [2,3‐c]pyrazole and 2‐amino‐3‐cyano 4H‐pyran derivatives. Appl Organomet Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Fereshte Hassanzadeh‐Afruzi
- Catalysts and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Iran University of Science and Technology Tehran Iran
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- Catalysts and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Iran University of Science and Technology Tehran Iran
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- Catalysts and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Iran University of Science and Technology Tehran Iran
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- Catalysts and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Iran University of Science and Technology Tehran Iran
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Mousavi H. A comprehensive survey upon diverse and prolific applications of chitosan-based catalytic systems in one-pot multi-component synthesis of heterocyclic rings. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 186:1003-1166. [PMID: 34174311 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.06.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Heterocyclic compounds are among the most prestigious and valuable chemical molecules with diverse and magnificent applications in various sciences. Due to the remarkable and numerous properties of the heterocyclic frameworks, the development of efficient and convenient synthetic methods for the preparation of such outstanding compounds is of great importance. Undoubtedly, catalysis has a conspicuous role in modern chemical synthesis and green chemistry. Therefore, when designing a chemical reaction, choosing and or preparing powerful and environmentally benign simple catalysts or complicated catalytic systems for an acceleration of the chemical reaction is a pivotal part of work for synthetic chemists. Chitosan, as a biocompatible and biodegradable pseudo-natural polysaccharide is one of the excellent choices for the preparation of suitable catalytic systems due to its unique properties. In this review paper, every effort has been made to cover all research articles in the field of one-pot synthesis of heterocyclic frameworks in the presence of chitosan-based catalytic systems, which were published roughly by the first quarter of 2020. It is hoped that this review paper can be a little help to synthetic scientists, methodologists, and catalyst designers, both on the laboratory and industrial scales.
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- Hossein Mousavi
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
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Choi HY, Choi JY, Park HH, Kim TH, Choi HJ, Lee CS. Effect of reduced graphene oxide and MnFe2O4 nanoparticles on carbonyl iron for magnetorheological fluids. J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nageswar YVD, Domingues NL, Katla R, Katla R. Application of Chitosan‐Based Catalysts for Heterocycles Synthesis and Other Reactions. POLYSACCHARIDES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/9781119711414.ch25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Facile synthesis of imidazoles by an efficient and eco-friendly heterogeneous catalytic system constructed of Fe3O4 and Cu2O nanoparticles, and guarana as a natural basis. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.108465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mollarasouli F, Zor E, Ozcelikay G, Ozkan SA. Magnetic nanoparticles in developing electrochemical sensors for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Talanta 2021; 226:122108. [PMID: 33676664 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A revolutionary impact on the pharmaceutical and biomedical applications has been arisen in the few years to come as a result of the advances made in magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) research. The use of MNPs opens wide opportunities in diagnostics, drug and gene delivery, in vivo imaging, magnetic separation, and hyperthermia therapy, etc. Besides, their possible integration in sensors makes them an ideal essential element of innovative pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Nowadays, MNPs-based electrochemical sensors have attracted great attention to pharmaceutical and biomedical applications owing to their high sensitivity, stability. Selectivity towards the target as well as their simplicity of manufacture. Therefore, this review focus on recent advances with cutting-edge approaches dealing with the synthesis, design, and advantageous analytical performance of MNPs in the electrochemical sensors utilized for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications between 2015 and 2020. The challenges existing in this research area and some potential strategies/future perspectives for the rational design of electrochemical sensors are also outlined.
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- Department of Science Education, A. K. Education Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, 42090, Turkey; Biomaterials and Biotechnology Laboratory, Science and Technology Research and Application Center (BITAM), Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, 42090, Turkey
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- Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 06560, Ankara, Turkey
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- Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 06560, Ankara, Turkey.
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Dhakshinamoorthy A, Jacob M, Vignesh NS, Varalakshmi P. Pristine and modified chitosan as solid catalysts for catalysis and biodiesel production: A minireview. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 167:807-833. [PMID: 33144253 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chitosan is one of the readily available polymers with relatively high abundance, biodegradable and sustainable materials with divergent functional groups that are employed in broad range of applications. Chitosan is widely used in many fields like adsorption, drug carrier for therapeutic activity, environmental remediation, drug formulation and among others. One of the unique features of chitosan is that it can be transformed to other forms like beads, films, flakes, sponges and fibres depending upon the applications. This review is aimed at showing the potential applications of chitosan and its modified solids in organic transformations. The number of existing articles is organized based on the nature of materials and subsequently with the types of reactions. After a brief description on the structural features of chitosan, properties, characterization methods including various analytical/microscopic techniques and some of the best practices to be followed in catalysis are also discussed. The next section of this review describes the catalytic activity of native chitosan without any modifications while the subsequent sections provide the catalytic activity of chitosan derivatives, chitosan covalently modified with metal complexes/salts through linkers and chitosan as support for metal nanoparticles (NPs). These sections discuss number of organic reactions that include Knoevenagel condensation, oxidation, reduction, heterocycles synthesis, cross-coupling reactions and pollutant degradation among others. A separate section provides the catalytic applications of chitosan and its modified forms for the production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) through esterification/transesterification reactions. The final section summarizes our views on the future directions of this field in the coming years.
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- Department of Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, Chennai 600 034, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625021, India
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625021, India
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Terra JCS, Desgranges A, Monnereau C, Sanchez EH, De Toro JA, Amara Z, Moores A. Photocatalysis Meets Magnetism: Designing Magnetically Recoverable Supports for Visible-Light Photocatalysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:24895-24904. [PMID: 32336084 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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While magnetic supports have been widely used to immobilize homogeneous catalysts in organic chemistry, this strategy has so far found very little application in photocatalysis. Indeed, magnetic supports are dark colored, and thus compete for photon absorption with photocatalysts themselves. We have developed a series of core-shell Fe(0)-silica nanoparticles as supports for immobilizing the photosensitizer Ru(bpy)32+, featuring various silica shell thicknesses-16-34 nm SiO2-on 9 nm Fe cores. The supports and the resulting photocatalytic systems were studied for their magnetic, optical, and catalytic properties in the context of the photooxidation of citronellol, and we found that thicker silica shells lead to higher catalytic activity. We correlated this effect as well as Ru(bpy)32+ fluorescence and singlet oxygen generation to the absorption properties of the supports. We were able to reuse our optimal system three times with minimal loss of activity and achieved turnover numbers largely surpassing the performance of homogeneous Ru(bpy)32+. This work highlights the role of material design in the conception of new supports for applications in heterogeneous photocatalysis.
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- Julio C S Terra
- Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
- Ecole Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada (IRICA) and Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto Regional de Investigación Científica Aplicada (IRICA) and Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Equipe Chimie Moléculaire, Laboratoire de Génomique, Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire, (GBCM), EA 7528, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, HESAM Université, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris Cedex 03, France
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- Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
- Department of Materials Engineering, McGill University, 3610 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C5, Canada
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