Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Quercetin-Loaded Low-Molecular-Weight Chitosan Nanoparticles Derived from Hermetia illucens Larvae and Crustacean Sources: A Comparative Study
Journal: Pharmaceutics
Year: 2025

<b>Introduction</b>. Larvae of the insect <i>Hermetia illucens</i> can represent an alternative source for low-molecular-weight chitosan (CS) production compared with CS from crustaceans (CS<sub>crustac</sub>), making it appealing in terms of pharmaceutical applications. Hence, the performances of CS<sub>larvae</sub> and CS<sub>crustac</sub> were compared herein by investigating the in vitro features of nanoparticles (NPs) made from each polysaccharide and administered with the antioxidant querc