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Chitosan as a bioactive polymer: Processing, properties and applications.

A. Muxika, A. Etxabide, Jone Uranga, P. Guerrero, K. Caba

2017.12.1International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.087

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The most common chitosan processing methods are summarized and some applications of chitOSan in various industrial and biomedical fields are highlighted, including antibacterial activity, non-toxicity, ease of modification, and biodegradability.

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MUXIKA, A., et al. Chitosan as a bioactive polymer: Processing, properties and applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2017, 105 Pt 2: 1358–1368.