Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition

Chitin and chitosan are abundant marine-derived biopolymers with unique properties, including biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low cost. Furthermore, their functional groups easily enable versatile modifications for biomedical and tissue engineering applications. Processing strategies allow t...

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description Chitin and chitosan are abundant marine-derived biopolymers with unique properties, including biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low cost. Furthermore, their functional groups easily enable versatile modifications for biomedical and tissue engineering applications. Processing strategies allow tuning of their characteristics, including their degree of deacetylation, molecular weight, viscosity, and mineral and protein content, making them highly adaptable compared to synthetic polymers. These sustainable materials have demonstrated significant potential in therapeutic biomaterials, including anti-infective coatings, tissue engineering scaffolds, drug delivery systems, gene therapy vectors, and implant applications. Through this reprint, we aim to showcase advances that expand the role of these natural polymers in next-generation healthcare solutions.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1747812026-04-16T16:22:59Z Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition Jennings, Jessica Amber Jayaramudu, Tippabattini Chitin Chitosan Biomaterials Biopolymer Derivative Drug delivery Tissue engineering Chemical modification Physical modification Regenerative medicine thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Chitin and chitosan are abundant marine-derived biopolymers with unique properties, including biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low cost. Furthermore, their functional groups easily enable versatile modifications for biomedical and tissue engineering applications. Processing strategies allow tuning of their characteristics, including their degree of deacetylation, molecular weight, viscosity, and mineral and protein content, making them highly adaptable compared to synthetic polymers. These sustainable materials have demonstrated significant potential in therapeutic biomaterials, including anti-infective coatings, tissue engineering scaffolds, drug delivery systems, gene therapy vectors, and implant applications. Through this reprint, we aim to showcase advances that expand the role of these natural polymers in next-generation healthcare solutions. 2026-04-16T16:22:51Z 2026-04-16T16:22:51Z 2025 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725853731_36 9783725853731 9783725853748 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174781 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11660 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5374-8 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5374-8 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725853731 9783725853748 146 CH open access
spellingShingle Chitin
Chitosan
Biomaterials
Biopolymer
Derivative
Drug delivery
Tissue engineering
Chemical modification
Physical modification
Regenerative medicine
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition
title Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition
title_full Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition
title_fullStr Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition
title_full_unstemmed Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition
title_short Application of Marine Chitin and Chitosan, 3rd Edition
title_sort application of marine chitin and chitosan 3rd edition
topic Chitin
Chitosan
Biomaterials
Biopolymer
Derivative
Drug delivery
Tissue engineering
Chemical modification
Physical modification
Regenerative medicine
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
topic_facet Chitin
Chitosan
Biomaterials
Biopolymer
Derivative
Drug delivery
Tissue engineering
Chemical modification
Physical modification
Regenerative medicine
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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