Recent Advancement of Molecular Structure and Biomaterial Function of Chitosan from Marine Organisms for Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Application

Chitosan is an innate cationic biological polysaccharide polymer, naturally obtained from chitin deacetylation, that possesses broad-spectrum properties such as antibacterial, biodegradability, biocompatibility, non-toxic, non-immunogenicity, and so on. Chitosan can be easily modified owing to its m...

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Main Authors: Bailei Li, Jeevithan Elango, Wenhui Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/14/4719