Chitosan derivatives obtained by chemical modifications for biomedical and environmental applications
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Chitosan derivatives obtained by chemical modifications for biomedical and environmental applications.
Chitosan is a natural based polymer, obtained by alkaline deacetylation of chitin, which presents excellent biological properties such as biodegradability and immunological, antibacterial and wound-healing activity. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the chemical modification of chitosan in order to improve its solubility and widen its applications. The main chemical modifications o...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0141-8130
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2008.09.007