Current Opinion on Chitosan and its Derivatives: Biological Impact in Antimicrobial Applications
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If we take a look on Scopus website from the last 5 years, we could see that chitosan and its chemical/enzymatic derivatives are ranked in one of the first bio-polysaccharide described for pharmaceutical applications. As for example, in 2012 using “chitosan” and a combination of “chitosan and pharmaceutical” we found, respectively, 4027 and 1588 publications whereas for 2016 we found respectively, 5327 and 2289. The continue evolution of publications on this very interesting topic between 2012 and 2016 is presented in Figure 1.
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