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Chitosan can be used to prepare the carriers, such as nanoparticles (NPs), intelligent gels, microspheres, nano/microencapsulation, and so on. Its applications in the drug delivery are more broad. Dextran can be combined with drugs by non-covalent crosslinking method or covalent modification mode in the course of delivery. The applications of chitosan and dextran as carriers for drug delivery were summed up herein.
Keywords: Applications, chitosan, carriers, dextran, drug delivery.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Two Important Polysaccharides as Carriers for Drug Delivery
Volume: 15 Issue: 13
Author(s): Gangliang Huang, Yingli Chen, Yue Li, Dan Huang, Jie Han and Min Yang
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Keywords: Applications, chitosan, carriers, dextran, drug delivery.
Abstract: Chitosan can be used to prepare the carriers, such as nanoparticles (NPs), intelligent gels, microspheres, nano/microencapsulation, and so on. Its applications in the drug delivery are more broad. Dextran can be combined with drugs by non-covalent crosslinking method or covalent modification mode in the course of delivery. The applications of chitosan and dextran as carriers for drug delivery were summed up herein.
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Huang Gangliang, Chen Yingli, Li Yue, Huang Dan, Han Jie and Yang Min, Two Important Polysaccharides as Carriers for Drug Delivery, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 15 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557515666150709115945
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557515666150709115945 |
Print ISSN 1389-5575 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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