Chitosan: A review on properties, biological activities and recent progress in biomedical applications

A Harugade, AP Sherje, A Pethe - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a naturally occurring amino polysaccharide obtained by deacetylation of chitin
and is second most commonly used natural polymer. Its non-toxic, biocompatibility and …

Recent advances in carboxymethyl chitosan-based materials for biomedical applications

Y Geng, H Xue, Z Zhang, AC Panayi, S Knoedler… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) and its derivatives have been applied extensively in the biomedical field
owing to advantageous characteristics including biodegradability, biocompatibility …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan based bioactive materials in tissue engineering applications-A review

MM Islam, M Shahruzzaman, S Biswas, MN Sakib… - Bioactive materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, there have been increasingly rapid advances of using bioactive materials in
tissue engineering applications. Bioactive materials constitute many different structures …

Carboxymethyl chitosan: Properties and biomedical applications

Z Shariatinia - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) derivatives are widely used in various biomedical applications due to their
unique properties like biocompatibility, mucoadhesion, non-toxicity and capability to form …

Chitosan and its derivatives for application in mucoadhesive drug delivery systems

TM M. Ways, WM Lau, VV Khutoryanskiy - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems are desirable as they can increase the residence time
of drugs at the site of absorption/action, provide sustained drug release and minimize the …

Chitosan on the surface of nanoparticles for enhanced drug delivery: A comprehensive review

MH Elkomy, AA Ali, HM Eid - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability of chitosan (CTS) to promote mucoadhesion, trigger positive/negative surface
interactions, and open tight junctions has inspired researchers to coat lipid-based and …

Carboxymethyl chitosan/tannic acid hydrogel with antibacterial, hemostasis, and antioxidant properties promoting skin wound repair

X Zhou, Q Zhou, Q Chen, Y Ma, Z Wang… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Local causes of slow wound healing include infection and wound hemorrhage. Using
sodium bicarbonate as a neutralizer, a variety of carboxymethyl chitosan–tannic acid (CMC …

Advances in Injectable and Self‐healing Polysaccharide Hydrogel Based on the Schiff Base Reaction

C Mo, L **ang, Y Chen - Macromolecular rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable hydrogel possesses great application potential in disease treatment and tissue
engineering, but damage to gel often occurs due to the squeezing pressure from injection …

Novel carboxymethyl cellulose based nanocomposite: A promising biomaterial for biomedical applications

M Pourmadadi, E Rahmani, A Shamsabadipour… - Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The promising potential of biomaterials for biomedical applications has spurred conducting
intensive studies in this field. Cellulose derivatives are biocompatible polymers with …

pH-responsive self-healing injectable hydrogel based on N-carboxyethyl chitosan for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

J Qu, X Zhao, PX Ma, B Guo - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels with pH-responsiveness and self-healing ability have great potential for
anti-cancer drug delivery. Herein, we developed a series of polysaccharide-based self …