Chitosan as a starting material for wound healing applications

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 417-426

  Patrulea, V ^a,b   Ostafe, V ^b   Borchard, G ^a   Jordan, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Carboxymethyl chitosan; Chitosan; Chitosan derivatives; Drug delivery; Polyelectrolytes; Skin regeneration; Trimethyl chitosan; Wound dressings; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; CARBOXYMETHYL TRIMETHYL CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; COLLAGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; PEPTIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE; TRIMETHYL CHITOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT; CHITOSAN; HYDROGEL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; FIBROBLAST; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POWDER; REVIEW; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BANDAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84947921812     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2015.08.004     Document Type: Review

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