Emerging biomedical applications of nano-chitins and nano-chitosans obtained via advanced eco-friendly technologies from marine resources

Marine Drugs

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5468-5502

  Muzzarelli, Riccardo A A ^a   El Mehtedi, Mohamad ^a   Mattioli Belmonte, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedical uses; Chitin; Chitosan; Electrospinning; Nanofibrils

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHITIN; BETA CHITIN; CHITIN; CHITIN FOAM; CHITOSAN; DIBUTYRYL CHITIN; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFIBER; NANOFIBRILLAR CHITIN; NANOFIBRILLAR CHITOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BONE TISSUE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROSPINNING; EPITHELIUM; FILM; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; INJURY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MARINE SPECIES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOCHITIN DISASSEMBLY; NANOCHITIN FIBRILLATION; NANODEVICE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOOTH; TRANSPARENT FILM; ULCER; ULTRASOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; REGENERATION;

FUNGI;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; REGENERATION;

EID: 84915750111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md12115468     Document Type: Review

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