Potential applications of chitosan in veterinary medicine

Senel S., McClure S.

ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS, vol.56, no.10, pp.1467-1480, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.addr.2004.02.007
  • Journal Name: ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1467-1480
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

(C)hitosan is a partially deacetylated polymer obtained from the alkaline deacetylation of chitin which is a glucose-based unbranched polysaccharide widely distributed in nature as the principal component of exoskeletons of crustaceans and insects as well as of cell walls of some bacteria and fungi.