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The effective permeability coefficient (k1) and water flux coefficient (k2) of gels have a significant positive correlation with their network pore size, indicated that the regulation of WH of hydrogel mainly depended on controlling the pore size of its microstructure.There is an increasing interest in substituting current packaging films with biologically-derived films without compromising mechanical properties and hydrophobicity. In this work, the esterified galactomannan (E-GM) films with good hydrophobicity, excellent oxygen barrier performance and high tensile mechanical strength were synthesized using anhydride esterification method prior to film formation. The hydrophobicity, mechanical properties, barrier properties, thermal stability and ultraviolet absorption of the prepared films were determined to fully investigate the features of galactomannan-based films. The results indicated that GM films can be successfully obtained by esterification. Compared to neat GM film, E-GM-1.5 film (acetic anhydride to GM of 1.51) achieved the highest degree of esterification (0.05), hydrophobicity (107°) and mechanical strength (92.0 MPa). In addition, the esterified GM films had lower toxicity for macrophages cells. The prepared E-GM films may provide more opportunities for further advancement and applications in the development of food packaging from natural resources.Caseinolytic protease-associated chaperones (Clp chaperones) are HSP100 proteins belonging to the family of ATPases having diverse cellular functions, and they occur in various organisms ranging from bacteria to plants and mammals. Most Clp chaperones have a hexameric organization and associate with tetradecameric Clp proteases to recognize and unfold protein substrates that get degraded within the cellular milieu. Vascular plants have a diverse family of Clp chaperones compared to other organisms; wherein, the chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana alone contain four distinct Clp chaperones, such as ClpC1, ClpC2, ClpD, and ClpB3. The paralogs AtClpC1 and AtClpC2 are more than 90% identical, though the extent of functional overlap between the two is not clear. Moreover, in vitro characterization reports are available only for AtClpC2, as AtClpC1 could not be expressed in recombinant form in the past. Herein, using a bacterial expression system, we have successfully expressed and purified AtClpC1 with a short N-terminal truncation, employing a three-step chromatographic purification strategy. We show that AtClpC1 exists as a hexamer in the presence of ATP and MgCl2, as known for other functional Clp chaperones. Further, our SAXS analyses provide a low-resolution envelope structure for the hexameric AtClpC1, which very well fits a ClpC hexamer model.The green hard capsules were prepared with corn nano-starch (CNS) and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) in this study, the glycerol and carrageenan were used as plasticizer and gelling agent in the CNS/CNC gel solution, respectively. The capsule-films with different CNC content were prepared by casting method, and the dipping method was used in preparation of the corresponding capsules. The compatibility of CNS/CNC capsules was analyzed by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), and the morphology of the capsules was analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the tensile strength of the CNS based capsule-film was significantly improved with the addition of CNC. When the content of CNC was 6.0%, the tensile strength increased by 238.10%. The transparency of the capsule with different CNC contents was slightly reduced, but was greater than 87.0%. The loss on drying of CNS/CNC capsule was between 12.87% and 15.03%, and it could be completely dissolved in the artificial gastric juice within 6.0 min, which was in accordance with the provisions of Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015).Graphene oxide (GO) crosslinked nanocomposites hydrogels (NCH) of chitosan (CS) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) were synthesized and the feasibility of its application as a versatile adsorbent for the remediation of cationic (methylene blue, MB) as well as anionic (methyl orange, MO) dyes contaminated wastewater was explored. Initially, GO was functionalized with vinyltriethoxysilane which was subsequently used as a chemical crosslinker to synthesize the NCH of CS and CMC (CS/CMC-NCH) with the polymeric mixture of diallyldimethylammonium chloride and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid. About 99% dye was adsorbed from 50 mg/L dye solution of MB dye with 0.4 g/L of CS/CMC-NCH at pH 7, whereas, for MO about 82% dye was adsorbed with 0.6 g/L of CS/CMC-NCH at pH 3. The Adsorption of both dyes is well explained using pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models with the maximum adsorption capacities of 655.98 mgdye/gads for MB and 404.52 mgdye/gads for MO. Thermodynamics studies suggested spontaneous and exothermic nature of the adsorption process with values of ΔS 0. Furthermore, CS/CMC-NCH showed excellent regeneration capacity for continuous twenty cycles of adsorption-desorption. Therefore, the synthesized CS/CMC-NCH is a versatile adsorbent that can treat both anionic and cationic dyes contaminated wastewater.In this study, chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) was modified by grafting Linalool (Lin) on its backbone to improve its anti-inflammatory activity. AZD8055 ic50 By changing the molar ratios of COS to Lin, three different degrees of substitution COS-g-Lin1-3 were prepared. The degrees of substitution of derivatives were 0.65, 0.80 and 1.14 respectively. The structure of COS-g-Lin1-3 were characterized by UV-vis, FT-IR, 1H NMR and elemental analysis in order to show the COS-g-Lin1-3 successfully synthesized. Besides, the thermal stability, solubility, pH stability as well as crystallinity were also investigated. The results revealed that the derivatives exhibited higher thermal stability and more remarkable anti-inflammatory property against hyaluronidase and collagenase than that of COS. The good biocompatibility made this novel material a promising and effective compound for anti-inflammatory applications.Imine dynamic hydrogels are synthesized via dual-imine bond crosslinking from O-carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS) and a water soluble dynamer using a 'green' approach. Three dynamers are prepared through reaction of benzene-1,3,5-tricarbaldehyde and di-amino Jeffamine with molar mass of 500, 800 and 1900, respectively. Hydrogels, namely H500, H800 and H1900 are then obtained by mixing CMCS and dynamer aqueous solutions. FT-IR confirms the formation of hydrogels via imine bonding. H1900 presents larger pore size and higher storage modulus as compared to H500 and H800 due to the higher molar mass of Jeffamine linker. The hydrogels exhibit pH sensitive swelling behavior due to electrostatic attraction or repulsion in the pH range from 3 to 10. The highest swelling ratio is obtained at pH 8, reaching 7500% for H800. Self-healing of hydrogels is evidenced by rheological measurements with alternatively applied low and high strains, and by using a macroscopic approach with re-integration of injected filaments. Furthermore, the H1900 membrane exhibits outstanding antibacterial activity against an E.
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