Chitosan as a Biomaterial: Structure, Properties, and Applications in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery

Natural and Synthetic Biomedical Polymers

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 91-113

  Jiang, Tao ^a   James, Roshan ^a   Kumbar, Sangamesh G ^a   Laurencin, Cato T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biocompatibility; Biodegradability; Chitosan; Drug delivery; Functionality; Scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902911777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396983-5.00005-3     Document Type: Chapter

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