Chitin and chitosan preparation from marine sources. Structure, properties and applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1133-1174

  Younes, Islem ^a   Rinaudo, Marguerite ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Biomaterials Applications   (France)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Biomedical applications; Characterization; Chemical and enzymatic deproteinization; Chitin; Chitosan; Deacetylation; Demineralization

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; LACTIC ACID; MICROSPHERE; NANOBEAD; NANOCOATING; NANOFIBER; NANOFILM; NANOPARTICLE;

ACETYLATION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DEACETYLATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG COATING; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GEL; HUMAN; MARINE SPECIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POWDER; REVIEW; TABLET; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOLUBILITY;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84925840401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md13031133     Document Type: Review

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