Biomaterials based on chitin and chitosan in wound dressing applications

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-337

  Jayakumar, R ^a   Prabaharan, M ^b   Sudheesh Kumar, P T ^a   Nair, S V ^a   Tamura, H ^c  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitosan; Hydrogels; Membranes; Nanofibers; Scaffolds; Sponges; Wound dressing

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; SPONGES; WOUND DRESSINGS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; HYDROGELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOFIBERS; OXYGEN;

CHITIN;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN;

CHITIN; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; WOUNDING;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BANDAGE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; INJURY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW;

BANDAGES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952700273     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.01.005     Document Type: Review

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