Current Organic Synthesis

Author(s): Gangliang Huang, Hualiang Huang, Qilin Tang and Xinya Mei

DOI: 10.2174/1570179412666150218201607

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Chemical Modifications of Two Polysaccharides as Drug Carriers

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Abstract

Polysaccharide is a kind of biological material, which has good biocompatibility, non-toxicity, and nonimmunogenicity. So, the polysaccharide has been widely applied in drug delivery system. The chemical modifications of chitosan and hyaluronic acid as drug carriers were summarized herein.

Keywords: Chemical modifications, Chitosan, drug carriers, hyaluronic acid.

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