Acid-Treated Water-Soluble Chitosan Suitable for Microneedle-Assisted Intracutaneous Drug Delivery

Chitosan has been widely used as a nature-derived polymeric biomaterial due to its high biocompatibility and abundance. However, poor solubility in aqueous solutions of neutral pH and multiple fabrication steps for the molding process limit its application to microneedle technology as a drug deliver...

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Main Authors: Ajeesh Chandrasekharan, Young Jun Hwang, Keum-Yong Seong, Samdae Park, Sodam Kim, Seung Yun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/11/5/209