Chitosan: A potential therapeutic dressing material for wound healing

Chitin and Chitosan for Regenerative Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 193-227

  Archana, D ^a   Dutta, Pradip Kumar ^a   Dutta, Joydeep ^b  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY HARYANA   (India)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Growth factors; Nanoparticles; Natural polymers; Synthetic polymers; Wound healing applications

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHITOSAN; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NATURAL POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; GROWTH FACTOR; HEALTHCARE MATERIALS; INFLAMMATORY CELLS; SCAR FORMATION; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; WOUND DRESSINGS; WOUND HEALING APPLICATIONS;

TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 84956665200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2511-9_8     Document Type: Chapter

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