Biocompatibility and Biodegradation of Chitosan and Derivatives

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 57-73

  Halim, Ahmad Sukari ^a   Keong, Lim Chin ^a   Zainol, Ismail ^b   Rashid, Ahmad Hazri Abdul ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia Berhad   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility of chitosan, interaction with living cells; Chitin, biocompatible and biodegradable in its natural form; Chitosan and derivatives, biocompatibility and biodegradation; Chitosan biodegradation, a crucial investigation; Chitosan, accelerating formation of healthy tissues; Chitosan, an N deacetylated derivative of chitin; Chitosan, polycationic at pH<6; Chitosans in controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering; SCGE or the comet assay, a recent technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885518370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962977.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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