Chitosan-based systems for biopharmaceuticals :

Chemical and technological advances in chitins and chitosans useful for the formulation of biopharmaceuticals / Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli -- Physical properties of chitosan and derivatives in sol and gel states / Marguerite Rinaudo -- Absorption promotion properties of chitosan and derivatives / Akira Yamamoto -- Biocompatibility and biodegradation of chitosan and derivatives / Ahmad Sukari Halim ... [et al.] -- Biological and pharmacological activity of chitosan and derivatives / Teresa Cunha ... [et al.] -- Biological, chemical, and physical compatibility of chitosan and biopharmaceuticals / Masayuki Ishihara ... [et al.] -- Approaches for functional modification or crosslinking of chitosan / A. Anitha ... [et al.] -- Use of chitosan and derivatives in conventional biopharmaceutical dosage forms formulation / Te�ofilo Vasconcelos, Pedro Barrocas, Rui Cerdeira -- Manufacture techniques of chitosan-based microparticles and nanoparticles for biopharmaceuticals / Franca Ferrari ... [et al.] -- Chitosan and derivatives for biopharmaceutical use : mucoadhesive properties / Katharina Leithner, Andreas Bernkop-Schn�urch -- Chitosan-based systems for mucosal delivery of biopharmaceuticals / Sonia Al-Qadi, Ana Grenha, Carmen Remu�n�an-L�opez -- Chitosan-based delivery systems for mucosal vaccination / Gerrit Borchard, Farnaz Esmaeili, Simon Heuking -- Chitosan-based nanoparticulates for oral delivery of biopharmaceuticals / Filipa Antunes, Fernanda Andrade, Bruno Sarmento --.

Chitosan-based systems for ocular delivery of biopharmaceuticals / Suresh P. Vyas, Rishi Paliwal, Shivani Rai Paliwal -- Chemical modification of chitosan for delivery of DNA and SIRNA / You-Kyoung Kim ... [et al.] -- Target-specific chitosan-based nanoparticle systems for nucleic acid delivery / Shardool Jain, Mansoor Amiji -- Functional PEGylated chitosan systems for biopharmaceuticals / Hee-Jeong Cho ... [et al.] -- Stimuli-sensitive chitosan-based systems for biopharmaceuticals / Cuiping Zhai, Jinfang Yuan, Qingyu Gao -- Chitosan copolymers for biopharmaceuticals / Ramon Novoa-Carballal, Ricardo Riguera, Eduardo Fernandez-Megia -- Application of chitosan for anti-cancer biopharmaceutical delivery / Claudia Philippi ... [et al.] -- Chitosan-based biopharmaceuticals scaffolds in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine / Tao Jiang ... [et al.] -- Wound healing properties of chitosan and its use in wound dressing biopharmaceuticals / Tyler G. St. Denis ... [et al.] -- Toxicological properties of chitosan and derivatives for biopharmaceutical applications / Thomas J. Kean, Maya Thanou -- Regulatory status of chitosan and derivatives / Michael Dornish, David S. Kaplan, Sambasiva R. Arepalli -- Patentability and intellectual property issues related with chitosan-based biopharmaceutical products / Mafalda Videira, Rogrio Gaspar -- Quality control and good manufacturing practice (GMP) for chitosan-based biopharmaceutical products / Torsten Richter, Maika Gulich, Katja Richter -- Preclinical and clinical use of chitosan and derivatives for biopharmaceuticals : from preclinical research to the bedside / David A. Zaharoff ... [et al.]..

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