The implications of recent advances in carboxymethyl chitosan based targeted drug delivery and tissue engineering applications

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 186, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-87

  Upadhyaya, Laxmi ^a   Singh, Jay ^b   Agarwal, Vishnu ^a   Tewari, Ravi Prakash ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carboxymethyl chitosan; Drug delivery; Formulation of drug; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHITOSAN; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; HISTOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENGINEERING DEVICES; FORMULATION OF DRUG; NANO/MICRO SYSTEMS; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN; MICROSPHERE; N CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; N,N DICARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; N,O CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; NANOPARTICLE; O CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOXYMETHYL-CHITOSAN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; COLON; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIVER; MICELLE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84901381580     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.043     Document Type: Review

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