Shaaban Moussa

Antimicrobial textile treatedwith fungal chitosan

medical textile

Polysaccharides are composed of many monosaccharide units that arejoined one to the other by acetyl linkage to give a long chain. Chitin is abiopolymer consisting of acetyl-glucosamine. Chitosan is a linearpolysaccharide consisting of B- (1, 4)-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranoseunits. It is produced by alkaline deacetylation of chitin. Today, Chitin andchitosan have many applications in the biomedical, pharmaceutical andbiotechnological fields. Chitosan production from microbial origin hasmany advantages over traditional productions from crustaceans shells sinceit avoids limited and seasonal supply, processing complexity and wasteremoval difficulties. Currently, industrial production for chitin and chitosanis from the shell wastes. The objective of this study was to evaluate thefeasibility of chitin and chitosan from fungal sources. Fungal chitosan wasapplied as a cotton fabric finishing agent using pad-dry-cure method. Thetopographical structure of chitosan-treated fabrics was much improvedcompared with control fabrics.

Shaaban Moussa

Dr. Shaaban Moussa has obtained his Ph.D. degree inmicrobial biotechnology in 2011. Since then heworked as Lecturer in Genetic Engineering &Biiotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI)-MinoufiyaUniv. Egypt. He is the author of several articlespublished in reputed journals and is a member ofdifferent international working groups.

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Shaaban M

oussa