Chemically Modified Chitosan for Biomolecule Delivery

VERÓNICA RIVAS; ADRIANA KOLENDER; NORMA B. D'ACCORSO

Chitosan in Drug Delivery

Academic Press Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Lugar: San Diego; Año: 2021; p. 501 - 508

Chitosan is a polymer from renewable biomass, with high abundance and low cost, and therefore widely used in various applications. It is also very interesting, from the chemical point of view, for its high functionality and chirality that allows modifications with the aim of possible interactions with bioactive principles. In this context, chitosan is a polymer widely used in biomedical applications. In this chapter some chemical modifications that allow its applications in controlled release of biomolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids and antibiotics, are described.