National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Chitosan is a deacetylated compound of chitin which is a polysaccharide extracted from the shells of crustaceans, molluscs, fungi and other organisms. Chitosan is made up of copolymers containing glucosamine and N acetylglucosamine. They are derived by three methods from chitin viz, deproteination, demineralization and deacetylation. It is a basic polysaccharide and has several advantages such as photoelectric behaviour, ability to form films, metal chelation, optical and structural characteristics. These abilities of chitosan made them a perfect candidate for various applications. Chitosan is used in various fields such as cometics, agriculture, food, paper industry and also in fabrics. Besides these, they are widely used in biomedical applications due to its flexibility to be moulded into any shapes and more importantly its non toxic nature. In the field of biomedicine, Chitosan are known for their best anti microbial, anti oxidant, anti cancer and wound healing abilities and it is also used as drug delivery systems for treating several diseases. The present review deals with the biomedical applications of chitosan.
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