Chitin and chitosan in selected biomedical applications

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1644-1667

  Anitha, A ^a   Sowmya, S ^a   Kumar, P T Sudheesh ^a   Deepthi, S ^a   Chennazhi, K P ^a   Ehrlich, H ^b   Tsurkan, M ^c   Jayakumar, R ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitosan; Drug growth factor delivery; Membranes Scaffold; Tissue engineering; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; GENE THERAPY; MEMBRANES; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

ANTI-CANCER DRUG DELIVERY; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; DRUG/GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY; GROWTH FACTOR DELIVERY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; WOUND HEALING; DEGRADATION PROFILES;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 84906270784     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2014.02.008     Document Type: Review

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