Physical Properties of Chitosan and Derivatives in Sol and Gel States

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 23-43

  Rinaudo, Marguerite ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Characterization of chitin, techniques as solid state 1H, 13C, or 15N NMR; Chitin after deacetylation, as pseudo natural cationic polysaccharides; Chitin and chitosans, and their characterization; Chitin, and good film forming properties; Chitin, in nature as ordered crystalline microfibrils; Chitosan and derivatives in sol and gel states; Chitosan from chitin deacetylation, solubility in acidic medium; Chitosan solubility; Chitosan, a polyelectrolyte, forming electrostatic complexes; Polysaccharides, biomaterials with good performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885488157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962977.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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