Chitosan
"Chitosan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Deacetylated CHITIN, a linear polysaccharide of deacetylated beta-1,4-D-glucosamine. It is used in HYDROGEL and to treat WOUNDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D048271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.139.500 D09.698.211.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitosan" by people in Profiles.
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Mitra RN, Han Z, Merwin M, Al Taai M, Conley SM, Naash MI. Synthesis and characterization of glycol chitosan DNA nanoparticles for retinal gene delivery. ChemMedChem. 2014 Jan; 9(1):189-96.
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Bhattarai SR, Kim SY, Jang KY, Lee KC, Yi HK, Lee DY, Kim HY, Hwang PH. N-hexanoyl chitosan-stabilized magnetic nanoparticles: enhancement of adenoviral-mediated gene expression both in vitro and in vivo. Nanomedicine. 2008 Jun; 4(2):146-54.
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Remant Bahadur KC, Aryal S, Bhattarai SR, Bhattarai N, Kim CH, Kim HY. Stabilization of gold nanoparticles by hydrophobically-modified polycations. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 2006; 17(5):579-89.