Chemically modified chitin and chitosan as biomaterials
| Autor: | Hitoshi Sashiwa, Sei-ichi Aiba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science Polymers and Plastics Cyclodextrin Organic Chemistry technology industry and agriculture Chemical modification Biomaterial macromolecular substances Surfaces and Interfaces equipment and supplies carbohydrates (lipids) Chitosan chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Chitin Dendrimer Drug delivery Materials Chemistry Ceramics and Composites Organic chemistry Crown ether |
| Zdroj: | Progress in Polymer Science. 29:887-908 |
| ISSN: | 0079-6700 |
| Popis: | Recent studies of the chemical modification of chitin and chitosan are discussed from the viewpoint of biomedical applications. Special emphasis is placed on the role of individual functional groups in applications of modified chitosan. The modifications discussed here include chitosan attached to sugars, dendrimers, cyclodextrins, crown ethers, and glass beads. Among these derivatives, sugar-modified chitosans are excellent candidates for drug delivery systems or cell culture owing to their specificity. Chitosan ‐ dendrimer hybrids are interesting multifunctional macromolecules. Chitosan and its derivatives are useful as carriers in drug delivery systems, as antibacterial agents, and in other medical applications. q 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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