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Chitosan based metallic nanocomposite scaffolds as antimicrobial wound dressings

Chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have attracted wider applications in medicine, in the area of drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound healing. Chitosan matrix incorporated with nanometallic components has immense potential in the area of wound dressings due to its antimicrobial properties...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mohandas, Annapoorna, Deepthi, S., Biswas, Raja, Jayakumar, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: KeAi Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29744466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2017.11.003
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Sumario:Chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have attracted wider applications in medicine, in the area of drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound healing. Chitosan matrix incorporated with nanometallic components has immense potential in the area of wound dressings due to its antimicrobial properties. This review focuses on the different combinations of Chitosan metal nanocomposites such as Chitosan/nAg, Chitosan/nAu, Chitosan/nCu, Chitosan/nZnO and Chitosan/nTiO(2) towards enhancement of healing or infection control with special reference to the antimicrobial mechanism of action and toxicity.