Overview

This book overviews current advances in chitosan-based drug delivery systems, focusing on fabrication technology, methods, and applications.

Chitosan Properties

Chitosan, a renewable polysaccharide obtained by chitin deacetylation, is suitable as a biodegradable matrix for the production of different drug delivery systems owing to its biocompatibility, bioadhesive, antibacterial activity, haemostatic action, adsorption, properties, and functional capabilities.

Research Trends

The current research trends are to continue innovative modifications of chitosan derivatives, nanotechnologies, stimuli-responsive delivery, and theragnostic techniques to improve promising chitosan-based drug delivery systems.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for scientists, researchers, and industrialists who are working on chitosan and chitosan-based drug delivery systems in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biomedical science, biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, and material engineering.