Functional enhancement of chitosan and nanoparticles in cell culture, tissue engineering, and pharmaceutical applications

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 AUG, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gao, Wenjuan ^a   Lai, James C K ^a   Leung, Solomon W ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Chitosan; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicity; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866485778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00321     Document Type: Review

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