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Chitosan from marine biowaste: Current and future applications in tissue engineering

Sustainable Material for Biomedical Engineering Application, Page: 87-106
2023
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Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide-based polymer that is synthesised from chitin through a deacetylation process. Chitin occurs naturally as organised crystalline microfibrils that form structural components in arthropod exoskeletons, fungus or yeast cell walls. Commercial chitosan is primarily derived from marine biowaste, such as crab and shrimp shells. Chitosan possesses excellent biological properties such as biocompatibility, antibacterial activity, wound healing, coagulating activity, bioadhesivity, and regenerative capabilities. This chapter will provide an overview of the various marine biowaste sources used to produce chitosan and its derivatives, as well as its applicability in combination with other polymers, emphasising current and prospective applications in tissue engineering.

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Nazmul Huda Syed; Harishini Rajaratinam; Asma Abdullah Nurul

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Engineering; Materials Science

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