Browsing by Author "Mujtaba, Muhammad"
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Antioxidative and antimicrobial edible chitosan films blended with stem, leaf and seed extracts of Pistacia terebinthus for active food packaging
Kaya, Murat; Khadem, Sanaz; Çakmak, Yavuz Selim; Mujtaba, Muhammad; İlk, Sedef; Akyüz, Lalehan; Salaberria, Asier M.; Labidi, Jalel; Abdulqadir, Ako Hamasaeed; Deligöz, Engin (Royal Soc Chemistry, 2018)Methanol extracts of stem, leaf, and seed obtained from Pistacia terebinthus which are rich in phenolic compounds were used for the first time to produce chitosan-based antioxidative and antimicrobial films. All the produced ... -
Changes in physicochemical properties of chitin at developmental stages (larvae, pupa and adult) of Vespa crabro (wasp)
Kaya, Murat; Sofi, Karwan; Sargın, İdris; Mujtaba, Muhammad (Elsevier Ltd., 2016)It is already known that chitin in a single organism can exhibit huge differences depending on the functions it serves in different body parts, but the alterations in the characteristics of chitin in course of developmental ... -
Chitosan loses innate beneficial properties after being dissolved in acetic acid: Supported by detailed molecular modeling
Bilican, İsmail; Pekdemir, Sami; Önses, Mustafa Serdar; Akyüz, Lalehan; Altuner, Ergin Murat; Koç Bilican, Behlül; Zang, Liansheng; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Mulerčikas, Povilas; Kaya, Murat (American Chemical Society, 2020)Chitosan, which is obtained via deacetylation of chitin, has a variety of uses in agriculture, food, medicine, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Industrial chitosan is in a gel form, which is produced by dissolving in acetic ... -
Chitosan-based delivery systems for plants: A brief overview of recent advances and future directions
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Khawar, Khalid Mahmood; Camara, Marcela Candido; Carvalho, Lucas Bragança; Fraceto, Leonardo Fernandes; Morsi, Rania E.; Elsabee, Maker Z.; Kaya, Murat; Labidi, Jalel; Ullah, Hidayat; Wang, Depeng (Elsevier B.V., 2020)Chitosan has been termed as the most well-known among biopolymers, receiving widespread attention from researchers in various fields mainly, agriculture, food, and health. Chitosan is a deacetylated derivative of chitin, ... -
Current advancements in chitosan-based film production for food technology; A review
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Morsi, Rania Elsayed; Kerch, Garry M.; Elsabee, Maher Zaki; Kaya, Murat; Labidi, Jalel; Khawar, Khalid Mahmood (Elsevier Science Bv., 2019)Chitosan is obtained from chitin, which could be considered to be the most abundant polymer after cellulose. Owing to these properties, chitosan alone or chitosan-based composite film production is attaining huge attention ... -
Çınar ağacı (Platanus oreintalis) poleninden elde edilen mikro kapsüllere parasetamol yüklenmesi ve salınım özelliklerinin araştırılması
Mujtaba, Muhammad (Aksaray Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2016)Bitki polenlerinin dış kısmında bulunan yapı (sporopolen), ilacın kapsüllenmesi için yüklenebilir bir materyaldir. Platanus orıentalıs'in polenlerinden sporopolen mikro kafesler üretilmiştir. Burada, P. orıentalıs ağacından ... -
Detailed adsorption mechanism of plasmid DNA by newly isolated cellulose from waste flower spikes of Thypa latifolia using quantum chemical calculations
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Kaya, Murat; Akyüz, Lalehan; Erdönmez, Demet; Akyüz, Bahar; Sargın, İdris (Elsevıer Scıence Bv, 2017)Current study was designed to use the newly obtained cellulose from waste flower spikes of Thypa latifolia plant for plasmid DNA adsorption. Cellulose was isolated according to a previously described method including acid ... -
Determination of bovine serum albumin adsorption capacity of newly obtained cellulose extracted from glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Sargın, İdris; Kaya, Murat (Wıley, 2018)Exploration of biodegradable and renewable composites ingredients is of great importance. Up to now, roots extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra has been used for different medicinal purposes but remaining cellulose-rich residues ... -
Diatomite as a novel composite ingredient for chitosan film with enhanced physicochemical properties
Akyüz, Lalehan; Kaya, Murat; Koç, Behlül; Mujtaba, Muhammad; İlk, Sedef; Labidi, Jalel; Salaberria, Asier M.; Çakmak, Yavuz Selim (Elsevıer Scıence Bv, 2017)Practical applications of biopolymers in different industries are gaining considerable increase day by day. But still, these biopolymers lack important properties in order to meet the industrial demands. In the same regard, ... -
Extraction of high thermally stable and nanofibrous chitin from Cicada (Cicadoidea)
Mol, Abbas; Kaya, Murat; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Akyüz, Bahar (Wiley, 2018)Due to the increasing interest in natural biopolymers including chitin, the exploitation of economic and easily accessible chitin sources with good physicochemical properties is nowadays required. In view of this fact, in ... -
False flax (Camelina Sativa) seed oil as suitable ingredient for the enhancement of physicochemical and biological properties of chitosan films
Gürsoy, Mehtap; Sargın, İdris; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Akyüz, Bahar; İlk, Sedef; Akyüz, Lalehan; Kaya, Murat; Çakmak, Yavuz S.; Salaberria, Asier M.; Labidi, Jalel; Erdem, Nuran (Elsevier, 2018)To overcome the drawbacks of synthetic films in food packaging industry, researchers are turned to natural bio-based edible films enriched with various plant additives. In current study chitosan blend films were produced ... -
Fluctuation in physicochemical properties of chitins extracted from different body parts of honeybee
Kaya, Murat; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Bulut, Esra; Akyüz, Bahar; Zelencova, Laura; Sofi, Karwan (Elsevier, 2015)It is well known that physicochemical properties of chitin are related with the extraction method. Recently, it was revealed that some physicochemical properties of chitin are also related with taxonomical relationship. ... -
Gender influences differentiation of chitin among body parts
Kaya, Murat; Bulut, Esra; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Sivickis, Karolis; Sargin, İdris; Akyüz, Bahar; Erdoğan, Sevil (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)Earlier reports have established that chitin isolates from each body part of an insect cuticle can exhibit diverse physicochemical properties. But it is still unknown if the gender of the insect can influence characteristics ... -
An inclusive physicochemical comparison of natural and synthetic chitin films
Kaya, Murat; Salaberria, Asier M.; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Labidi, Jalel; Baran, Talat; Mulercikas, Povilas; Duman, Fatih (Elsevier, 2018)Natural and synthetic chitin films, obtained from the same source were produced and their physicochemical properties were examined comparatively. Firstly, natural chitin film was obtained from elytra of an insect (Oryctes ... -
Incorporation of sporopollenin enhances acid-base durability, hydrophobicity, and mechanical, antifungal and antioxidant properties of chitosan films
Kaya, Murat; Akyüz, Lalehan; Sargın, İdris; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Salaberria, Asier M.; Labidi, Jalel; Çakmak, Yavuz S.; Koç, Behlül; Baran, Talat; Çeter, Talip (Elsevier, 2017)Sporopollenin-chitosan blend films were produced for the first time. Sporopollenin is a robust structural component of plant pollens exhibiting excellent features such as nontoxicity, biodegradability, biocompatibility, ... -
Newly isolated sporopollenin microcages from Cedrus libani and Pinus nigra as carrier for Oxaliplatin; xCELLigence RTCA-based release assay
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Akyüz Yılmaz, Bahar; Cansaran Duman, Demet; Akyüz, Lalehan; Yangın, Sevcan; Kaya, Murat; Çeter, Talip; Khawar, Khalid Mahmood (Springer, 2022)Sporopollenin-mediated control drug delivery has been studied extensively owing to its desirable physicochemical and biological properties. Herein, sporopollenin was successfully extracted from C. libani and P. nigra pollens ... -
Newly isolated sporopollenin microcages from Platanus orientalis pollens as a vehicle for controlled drug delivery
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Sargın, İdris; Akyüz, Lalehan; Ceter, Talip; Kaya, Murat (Elsevier Science Bv, 2017)Sporopollenin microcages were produced from the pollens of Platanus orientalis. Paracetamol was loaded into the microcages. Pollen, sporopollenin, paracetamol and paracetamol-loaded sporopollenin microcages were characterized ... -
Novel three-dimensional cellulose produced from trunk of Astragalus gummifer (Fabaceae) tested for protein adsorption performance
Kaya, Murat; Odabaşı, Mehmet; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Şen, Miren; Bulut, Esra; Akyüz, Bahar (Elsevier Science Bv, 2016)This is the first study to produce three-dimensional (3D) cellulose from any plant up to now. This 3D cellulose was produced from Astragalus gummifer (Fabaceae) trunk by using a modified method in which original the shape ... -
Novel, multifunctional mucilage composite films incorporated with cellulose nanofibers
Mujtaba, Muhammad; Akyüz, Lalehan; Koç, Behlül; Kaya, Murat; İlk, Sedef; Cansaran-Duman, Demet; Salaberria Martinez, Asier; Çakmak, Yavuz Selim; Labidi, Jalel; Boufi, Sami (Elsevier Ltd., 2019)In the current study, mucilage composite films were produced by incorporating the cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) at different concentrations i.e., 3 and 6% to chia mucilage matrix by solution casting method. To evaluate the ... -
On chemistry of γ-chitin
Kaya, Murat; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Ehrlich, Hermann; Salaberria, Asier; Baran, Talat; Amemiya, Chris T.; Galli, Roberta; Akyüz, Lalehan (ELSEVIER SCI, 2017)The biological material, chitin, is present in nature in three allomorphic forms: alpha, beta and gamma. Whereas most studies have dealt with alpha- and beta-chitin, only few investigations have focused on gamma-chitin, ...
