A review on chitin and chitosan polymers: structure, chemistry, solubility, derivatives, and applications

V Zargar, M Asghari, A Dashti - ChemBioEng reviews, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Chitin and chitosan are considerably versatile and promising biomaterials. The deacetylated
chitin derivative chitosan is a useful and interesting bioactive polymer. Despite its …

Chitosan based self-assembled nanoparticles in drug delivery

JP Quiñones, H Peniche, C Peniche - Polymers, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a cationic polysaccharide that is usually obtained by alkaline deacetylation of
chitin poly (N-acetylglucosamine). It is biocompatible, biodegradable, mucoadhesive, and …

Biopolymer-based nanoparticles for drug/gene delivery and tissue engineering

SK Nitta, K Numata - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013‏ - mdpi.com
There has been a great interest in application of nanoparticles as biomaterials for delivery of
therapeutic molecules such as drugs and genes, and for tissue engineering. In particular …

Vaccine delivery using nanoparticles

AE Gregory, R Titball, D Williamson - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
Vaccination has had a major impact on the control of infectious diseases. However, there
are still many infectious diseases for which the development of an effective vaccine has …

Chitosan chemistry and pharmaceutical perspectives

MNVR Kumar, RAA Muzzarelli, C Muzzarelli… - Chemical …, 2004‏ - ACS Publications
In the chitin bibliography, a major reference is the book written by Richards in 1951
“primarily for entomologists and other invertebrate zoologists” but also, in the author's hope …

Hydrogel nanoparticles in drug delivery

M Hamidi, A Azadi, P Rafiei - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the
most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via …

Recent advances on chitosan-based micro-and nanoparticles in drug delivery

SA Agnihotri, NN Mallikarjuna… - Journal of controlled …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Considerable research efforts have been directed towards develo** safe and efficient
chitosan-based particulate drug delivery systems. The present review outlines the major …

Polysaccharides-based nanoparticles as drug delivery systems

Z Liu, Y Jiao, Y Wang, C Zhou, Z Zhang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Natural polysaccharides, due to their outstanding merits, have received more and more
attention in the field of drug delivery systems. In particular, polysaccharides seem to be the …

Construction of intelligent drug delivery system based on polysaccharide-derived polymer micelles: A review

H Xue, Y Ju, X Ye, M Dai, C Tang, L Liu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Micelles are nanostructures developed via the spontaneous assembly of amphiphilic
polymers in aqueous systems, which possess the advantages of high drug stability or active …

Chitosan: a versatile biopolymer for orthopaedic tissue-engineering

A Di Martino, M Sittinger, MV Risbud - Biomaterials, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Current tissue engineering strategies are focused on the restoration of pathologically altered
tissue architecture by transplantation of cells in combination with supportive scaffolds and …