Hyaluronic acid: a natural biopolymer with a broad range of biomedical and industrial applications

G Kogan, L Šoltés, R Stern, P Gemeiner - Biotechnology letters, 2007 - Springer
Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan, HA) is a linear polysaccharide formed from disaccharide units
containing N-acetyl-d-glucosamine and glucuronic acid. It has a high molecular mass, …

The many ways to cleave hyaluronan

R Stern, G Kogan, MJ Jedrzejas, L Šoltés - Biotechnology advances, 2007 - Elsevier
Hyaluronan is being used increasingly as a component of artificial matrices and in bioengineering
for tissue scaffolding. The length of hyaluronan polymer chains is now recognized as …

Degradative action of reactive oxygen species on hyaluronan

L Šoltés, R Mendichi, G Kogan, J Schiller… - …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Many human diseases are associated with harmful action of reactive oxygen species (ROS).
These species are involved in the degradation of essential tissue or related components. …

Free radical scavenger activity of chitosan and its aminated derivative

…, K Valachová, MS Mohyeldin, L Soltes - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - japsonline.com
… Valachová K, Vargová A, Rapta P, Hrabárová E, Dráfi F, Bauerová K, Juránek I, Soltés L.
Aurothiomalate as preventive and chainbreaking antioxidant in radical degradation of high-…

Role, metabolism, chemical modifications and applications of hyaluronan

…, J Schiller, R Stern, L Soltes - Current medicinal …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid, HA) is a linear naturally occurring polysaccharide formed from
repeating disaccharide units of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and D-glucuronate. Despite its …

Antioxidant and antibacterial polyelectrolyte wound dressing based on chitosan/hyaluronan/phosphatidylcholine dihydroquercetin

…, AM Omer, M El-Shafeey, MSM Eldin, L Šoltés - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antioxidant and antimicrobial wound dressings are the most favorable for acute and chronic
wounds treatment. Herein, we formulated a multifunctional polyelectrolyte wound dressing …

Evaluation of radius of gyration and intrinsic viscosity molar mass dependence and stiffness of hyaluronan

R Mendichi, L Šoltés… - Biomacromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
… Following Odijk, in the case of polyelectrolytes with large contour length (L ≫ q T ), we have
assumed that all of the long-range interactions are of electrostatic type. Consequently, α S,T …

Hyaluronan in medical practice

…, N Volpi, R Stern, L Soltes - Current medicinal …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Hyaluronan is the major extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan polymer present in vertebrate
tissues, with a molar mass that can reach several megaDaltons. It is particularly prominent …

Chitosan/hyaluronan/edaravone membranes for anti-inflammatory wound dressing: In vitro and in vivo evaluation studies

…, AM Omer, M El-Shafeey, MSM Eldin, L Šoltés - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel wound healing material composed of chitosan (Ch) and hyaluronan (HA) boosted
with edaravone (Ed) as an anti-inflammatory drug was developed. The fabricated membranes …

Antibacterial and antioxidative activity of O-amine functionalized chitosan

…, K Valachová, MSM Eldin, MN Collins, L Šoltés - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cinnamaldehyde was immobilized to O-amine functionalized chitosan via a coupling
reaction. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed N-cinnamyl substitution. Wetting …