Abstract
Chitosan biocompatibility is often associated with the structural similarities with glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Although all of the GAGs are built from repeating disaccharide units and some of them contain N-glucosamine (the main hexosamine in the chitosan backbone), all of them also contain negatively charge
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 483-491 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 19 Nov 2009 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |