Wound-Healing Properties of Chitosan and Its Use in Wound Dressing Biopharmaceuticals

Chitosan-Based Systems for Biopharmaceuticals: Delivery, Targeting and Polymer Therapeutics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 429-450

  St Denis, Tyler G ^a,b   Dai, Tianhong ^a,c   Huang, Ying Ying ^a,c,d   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan in wound therapeutics delivery; Chitosan wound healing, on host and immune cells; Chitosan based materials, for PDT of cancerous conditions; Hydrogels, absorbing water, serving as bacterial barriers; Hydrogels, as potent wound healing tools; Investigations, on chitosan in wound healing, drug delivery; Moist dressings unique, low oxygen tension with wound healing best; Wound management, spanning diverse applications; Wound healing effects of chitosan; Wound healing properties of chitosan, and wound dressing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885147497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962977.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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