Emerging Biomedical Applications of Nano-Chitins and Nano-Chitosans Obtained via Advanced Eco-Friendly Technologies from Marine Resources

The present review article is intended to direct attention to the technological advances made in the 2010–2014 quinquennium for the isolation and manufacture of nanofibrillar chitin and chitosan. Otherwise called nanocrystals or whiskers, n-chitin and n-chitosan are obtained either by mechanical ch...

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Main Authors: Riccardo A. A. Muzzarelli, Mohamad El Mehtedi, Monica Mattioli-Belmonte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-11-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/12/11/5468