Chitosan: An update on potential biomedical and pharmaceutical applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5156-5186

  Cheung, Randy Chi Fai ^a   Ng, Tzi Bun ^a   Wong, Jack Ho ^a   Chan, Wai Yee ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Chitosan; Pharmaceutical applications

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLE; CHITOSAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE; CHITOSAN THIOGLYCOLIC MERCAPTONICOTINAMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; LAMIVUDINE; PROGESTERONE; TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; HYDROGEL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEACETYLATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG POTENCY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; IC50; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; REVIEW; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER TREATMENT; WOUND HEALING; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEL; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84940398396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md13085156     Document Type: Review

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