Water-soluble chitin as a wound healing accelerator

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2139-2145

  Cho, Yong Woo ^a   Cho, Yong Nam ^b   Chung, Sang Hun ^b   Yoo, Gyeol ^b   Ko, Sohk Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Histological examination; Hydroxyproline; Tensile strength; Water soluble chitin; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COLLAGEN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TENSILE STRESS;

HISTOLOGY; HYDROXYPROLINE; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMATERIALS;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN FIBER; HYDROXYPROLINE; WATER; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; EPITHELIZATION; FIBROSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAIR FOLLICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032856344     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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