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Structure-Bioactivity Relationship of Chitin Derivatives—Part I: The Effect of Solid Chitin Derivatives on Blood Coagulation
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Chitin derivatives include chi tosan, N-acetylchitosan, monoacetyl chitin, dibutyrylchitin this article, chitosin butyrate, chito-san citrate, and chito -citrate.Abstract:
Chemical modification of chitin led to a series of derivatives: chi tosan, N-acetylchitosan, monoacetylchitin, dibutyrylchitin, chitosan acetate, chitosan butyrate, chitosan citrate and chitosan-po...read more
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Sulfated chitin and chitosan as novel biomaterials
TL;DR: Sulfated chitin and chitosan are promising materials for biomedical applications according to current research and existing products and some new and futuristic approaches in this context area are discussed in detail.
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Chitin and Chitosan: Structure, Properties and Applications in Biomedical Engineering
TL;DR: This review article is mainly focused on the contemporary research on chitin and chitosan towards their applications in numerous biomedical fields namely tissue engineering, artificial kidney, skin, bone, cartilage, liver, nerve, tendon, wound-healing, burn treatment and some other useful purposes.
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Preparation and characterization of water-soluble chitin and chitosan derivatives
TL;DR: In this paper, the solubility of various derivatives of chitosan was investigated in three buffers of various pH, and some derivatives were soluble in 0.01 M phosphate buffer saline (PBS, pH = 7.2).
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Biomedical Applications of Chitin, Chitosan, and Their Derivatives
Dinesh K. Singh,Alok R. Ray +1 more
TL;DR: Using nanofiltration membranes for wound-Healing Accelerators and drug delivery systems for antimicrobial applications is shown to be a viable process.
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Blood protein adsorption onto chitosan.
Johan Benesch,Pentti Tengvall +1 more
TL;DR: A finding that may explain previous observations of procoagulant activity by chitosan is found, which became a strong activator of the alternative pathway of the complement.
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Chitosan: A New Hemostatic
TL;DR: When knitted DeBakey grafts were treated with chitosan, they were impermeable to blood, but examination at one, two, three, and four months showed the grafts to be encased in smooth muscle with a living endothelial lining and an abundant vasa vasorum.
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The blood compatibility of chitosan and N-acylchitosans.
TL;DR: The in vivo blood compatibility of these membranes was macroscopically determined from the blood coagulum formed on the membrane surface at 2 h.