Journal Article10.1016/J.CIS.2018.11.008
Pharmaceutical applications of chitosan
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TL;DR: Property and numerous applications of chitosan-based compounds in drug delivery, gene delivery, cell encapsulation, protein binding, tissue engineering, preparation of implants and contact lenses, wound healing, bioimaging, antimicrobial food additives, antibacterial food packaging materials and antibacterial textiles are presented.
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About: This article is published in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. The article was published on 01 Jan 2019. The article focuses on the topics: Chitosan & Drug delivery.
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