Preparation and characterization of chitin beads as a wound dressing precursor

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-68

  Muhammad Yusof, Nealda Leila Binte ^a   Lim, Lee Yong ^a   Khor, Eugene ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carboxymethyl chitin; Chitin; Chitin beads; Cytotoxicity; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHITIN BEAD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; WOUND DRESSING PRECURSOR;

CHITIN;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CHITIN; CHLOROACETIC ACID; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WOUND DRESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BUFFERS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 0035195522     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(200101)54:1<59::AID-JBM7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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