Chitosan: Crawling from crab shells to wound dressings

Medical Textiles and Biomaterials for Healthcare: Incorporating Proceedings of MEDTEX03 International Conference and Exhibition on Healthcare and Medical Textiles

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 67-72

  Smart, G ^a   Miraftab, M ^a   Kennedy, J F ^b   Groocock, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Tubiton House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; CELL ENGINEERING; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG DELIVERY; FILMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SHELLFISH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; APPLICATION AREA; CELL REGENERATION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION; PROCESSING ROUTE; WOUND DRESSINGS;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 84902219099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845694104.1.67     Document Type: Chapter

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