The depolymerization of chitosan: Effects on physicochemical and biological properties

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Mao, Shirui ^a,b   Shuai, Xintao ^a   Unger, Florian ^a   Simon, Michael ^a   Bi, Dianzhou ^b   Kissel, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Cytotoxicity; Depolymerization; Intrinsic viscosity; Solubility

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHINA; CHITOSAN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GERMANY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM NITRITE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 3543051289     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2004.05.019     Document Type: Article

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