Characterization of Chitosan and fabrication of Chitosan hydrogels matrices for biomedical applications

The development of injectable hydrogels for drug delivery is a major challenge. Chitosan is a copolymer of N-acetylglucosamine and glucosamine units and is represented as a copolymer. Chitosan occurs in nature in the cell walls of some fungi, exoskeletons of insects and marine animals such as crabs...

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Main Authors: Charhouf I., Benaamara A., Abourriche A., Berrada M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-09-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20130504030