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Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan as a Biomedical Polymer  

Jang, Mi-Kyeong (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Nah, Jae-Woon (Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sunchon National University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.19, no.5, 2008 , pp. 457-465 More about this Journal
Abstract
Development of various medical systems was accomplished through the progress of biotechnological method for therapy of human diseases. Furthermore, drug delivery systems have been investigated to carry the bioactive materials such as drug or gene in the body effectively. The most important thing in this system is to develop biomedical polymers having biocompatibility, biodegradability, and non-toxicity. Chitosan, a natural polymer, has been importantly considered as biomedical materials due to its good biocompatibility and various bio-active characteristics. Since the property of chitosan is differently explained according to the crystalline structures of chitin, the study for structural analysis of chitin has to proceed to apply as a biomaterial. From this point of view, this article introduced the analysis of crystalline structural of chitin, general property of chitosan and potential characteristics of low molecular weight water-soluble chitosan (LMWSC) as a biomaterials. Furthermore, chemical modification of LMWSC using various functional groups was also performed to enhance its bioavailability and emphasize their potential as drug delivery carriers (DDS).
Keywords
chitin; chitosan; LMWSC; biomedical materials; DDS; crystallin structure;
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