Simple Methods for Staining Chitosan in Biotechnological Applications

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Rossomacha, Evgeny ^a   Hoemann, Caroline D ^b   Shive, Matthew S ^a,c  

^a BioSyntech Canada Inc   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood clots; Chitin; Cibacron Brilliant Red 3BA; Drug delivery; Fast Green; Safranin O; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

CATION; CHITOSAN; MALACHITE GREEN; PARAFFIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD CLOT; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEACETYLATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAT; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; SIPROETA STELENES;

EID: 1842558903     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2004.27.1.31     Document Type: Article

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