“…The use of chemical crosslinkers is known to improve the stability of CS against pH, temperature variations, and biological and mechanical degradation, while allowing to modulate structure and properties of the CS gel network [14,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. In fact, by controlling the extent of chemical crosslinking of CS, it is possible to constraint important features of CS-based materials such as size, which may range from nanoparticles to macroscopic gels or films, or the extent of association and release of bioactive payloads of interest [31,32,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. Genipin (GNP) is a natural crosslinking agent obtained from the glycosylated geniposide iridoid compound produced by the fruits of Gardenia jasminoides and Genipa americana.…”