Chitosan properties

Koide, S. S. (1998). Chitin-chitosan Properties, benefits and risks. Nutr. Res. 18,1091-1101. 

The possibility of grafting synthetic polymer to chitosan has attracted much attention in the last years as a new way to modify the polysaccharide and develop practically useful derivatives. Graft copolymerization reactions introduce side chains and lead to the formation of novel types of tailored hybrid materials composed of natural and synthetic polymers. Grafting chitosan is a common way to improve chitosan properties such as formation of inclusion complexes [99], bacteriostatic effect [100], or to enhance adsorption properties [101, 102]. Although the grafting of chitosan modifies its properties, it is possible to retain some interesting characteristics such as mucoadhesivity [103], biocompatibility [104,105] and biodegradability [106]. 

The chitosan film characteristics, however, varied from one report to another. Differences in the sources of chitin used to produce chitosan, chitosan properties, solvents used, methods of film preparation, and types and amounts of plasticizers used affected the quality of the chitosan films [247, 248]. The filmforming ability of chitosan extracted from crawfish has also been reported [249]. 

Rinaudo M (2006) Chitin and chitosan properties and applications. Prog Polym Sci... 

Rinaudo, M. Chitin and chitosan Properties and applications. Prog. Polym. Sci. 31 (2006) 603-632. 

Chitosan and Nano Chitosan Properties and Application to Textiles... 

Rinaudo, M. (2006) ChiAn and chitosan properties and applications. Progress in Polymer Science, 31, 603-632. 

Chitosan, N-(carboxymethy)- NCMC Definition Carboxymethyl deriv. of chitosan Properties Powd. water-sol. 

Rinaudo, M. 2006. Chitin and chitosan Properties and apphcations. Progress in Polymer Science 31 603-632. Roberts, G. 1998. Chitin Chemistry. London, U.K. Macmillan. 

Kas, H. 1997. Chitosan Properties, preparations and apphcation to microparticular system. J. Microencapsul. 14 689-711. 

Despite the increasing number of reports on using biotools for tuning chitin/ chitosan properties, their functionalization aiming at wound healing and dermal engineering application has not been reported so far. 

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