Modification of chitosan using amino acids for wound healing purposes: A review

S Torkaman, H Rahmani, A Ashori, SHM Najafi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a well-known biopolymer due to its unique properties, has received considerable
attention as a result of the amine group activity that locates on the backbone of chitosan. To …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan based scaffolds and their applications in wound healing

S Ahmed, S Ikram - Achievements in the life sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, much interest has been developed in biopolymer based materials due
to their biocompatible, biodegradable, non-toxic and non-allergenic nature. Chitosan is a …

Prospection of chitosan and its derivatives in wound healing: Proof of patent analysis (2010–2020)

P Shivakumar, MS Gupta, R Jayakumar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disruption in the normal anatomy and physiology of the skin often leads to wound formation.
Its healing is a pretty complex and dynamic biological process with different phases. While …

Chitosan as a starting material for wound healing applications

V Patrulea, V Ostafe, G Borchard, O Jordan - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chitosan and its derivatives have attracted great attention due to their properties beneficial
for application to wound healing. The main focus of the present review is to summarize …

Wound healing and antimicrobial effect of active secondary metabolites in chitosan-based wound dressings: A review

A Moeini, P Pedram, P Makvandi, M Malinconico… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound healing can lead to complex clinical problems, hence finding an efficient approach to
enhance the healing process is necessary. An ideal wound dressing should treat wounds at …

Chitosan: A potential biopolymer for wound management

I Bano, M Arshad, T Yasin, MA Ghauri… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
It has been seen that slow healing and non-healing wounds conditions are treatable but still
challenging to humans. Wound dressing usually seeks for biocompatible and biodegradable …

Chitosan derivatives obtained by chemical modifications for biomedical and environmental applications

NM Alves, JF Mano - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2008 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural based polymer, obtained by alkaline deacetylation of chitin, which
presents excellent biological properties such as biodegradability and immunological …

Chitosan as a wound dressing starting material: Antimicrobial properties and mode of action

MA Matica, FL Aachmann, A Tøndervik… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fighting bacterial resistance is one of the concerns in modern days, as antibiotics remain the
main resource of bacterial control. Data shows that for every antibiotic developed, there is a …

New antimicrobial chitosan derivatives for wound dressing applications

OM Dragostin, SK Samal, M Dash, F Lupascu… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a non-toxic, biocompatible, biodegradable natural cationic polymer known for its
low imunogenicity, antimicrobial, antioxidant effects and wound-healing activity. To improve …

Chitin, chitosan and derivatives for wound healing and tissue engineering

A Francesko, T Tzanov - Biofunctionalization of Polymers and their …, 2011 - Springer
Naturally derived polymers possess a number of properties beneficial to wound healing and
tissue engineering. The polysaccharides chitin and chitosan appear to be suitable …