{"title":"Phosphorylation of chitin and chitosan: A review on its significance and various synthesis routes","authors":"Geeta, Satish Kumar, Shivani, Shayoraj, Mohit Saini, Santosh Kumar Dubey","doi":"10.1177/20412479241227139","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Over the past few decades, chitin and chitosan, value-added biopolymers obtained majorly from seafood wastes, have been extensively evaluated and utilized for their application in plenty of domains such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, food processing industries, fuel cells, wastewater curing, and flame retardants. A vast number of physical, chemical, and enzymatic approaches have been followed to improve the biological activities, biocompatibility, and physicochemical properties of chitin and chitosan. Among the innumerable modifications, this article focuses primarily on the importance of phosphorylation, as it intensifies not only water solubility but also tissue regeneration, flame retardation, ionic conductivity, metal chelation, and drug-carrying abilities. Furthermore, the aim of this review is to thoroughly assess various techniques that involve the use of phosphorylating agents such as phosphoric acid, phosphorus acid, phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus pentoxide, and the grafting method to synthesize phosphorylated derivatives of chitin and chitosan, so that a clear vision can be provided to the reader aimed at choosing a best-fit method for phosphorylation.","PeriodicalId":20353,"journal":{"name":"Polymers from Renewable Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Polymers from Renewable Resources","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/20412479241227139","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Materials Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Over the past few decades, chitin and chitosan, value-added biopolymers obtained majorly from seafood wastes, have been extensively evaluated and utilized for their application in plenty of domains such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, food processing industries, fuel cells, wastewater curing, and flame retardants. A vast number of physical, chemical, and enzymatic approaches have been followed to improve the biological activities, biocompatibility, and physicochemical properties of chitin and chitosan. Among the innumerable modifications, this article focuses primarily on the importance of phosphorylation, as it intensifies not only water solubility but also tissue regeneration, flame retardation, ionic conductivity, metal chelation, and drug-carrying abilities. Furthermore, the aim of this review is to thoroughly assess various techniques that involve the use of phosphorylating agents such as phosphoric acid, phosphorus acid, phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus pentoxide, and the grafting method to synthesize phosphorylated derivatives of chitin and chitosan, so that a clear vision can be provided to the reader aimed at choosing a best-fit method for phosphorylation.
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Polymers from Renewable Resources, launched in 2010, publishes leading peer reviewed research that is focused on the development of renewable polymers and their application in the production of industrial, consumer, and medical products. The progressive decline of fossil resources, together with the ongoing increases in oil prices, has initiated an increase in the search for alternatives based on renewable resources for the production of energy. The prevalence of petroleum and carbon based chemistry for the production of organic chemical goods has generated a variety of initiatives aimed at replacing fossil sources with renewable counterparts. In particular, major efforts are being conducted in polymer science and technology to prepare macromolecular materials based on renewable resources. Also gaining momentum is the utilisation of vegetable biomass either by the separation of its components and their development or after suitable chemical modification. This journal is a valuable addition to academic, research and industrial libraries, research institutions dealing with the use of natural resources and materials science and industrial laboratories concerned with polymer science.