Química Nova (Jan 2011)

Diferentes estratégias para a reticulação de quitosana

  • Arlan de Assis Gonsalves,
  • Cleônia Roberta Melo Araújo,
  • Nivaldo Alves Soares,
  • Marília Oliveira Fonseca Goulart,
  • Fabiane Caxico de Abreu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422011000700021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 7
pp. 1215 – 1223

Abstract

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One of the most important aspects of chitosan' derivatization depends on the crosslinking of their polymeric chains. This chemical strategy may confer new properties to those derivatives, which can be used to enhance their biotechnological applications. So far, this work aims to discuss some strategies related to the crosslinking of chitosan focusing on reagents, reaction mechanisms and properties/applications of the crosslinked derivatives in several fields of science.

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