Kitosanın fizikokimyasal özellikleri ve sağlık alanındaki uygulamaları

Chitosan is one of the polymers with many characteristics as a high-quality excipient. Current studies on the preparation of chitin or chitosan from shellfish by-products with high chitin content have shown promising results as industrial raw materials for chitosan production. The low cost of the resource suggests its use as an economically viable source for chitin production on an industrial scale. Chitosan and its derivatives have a wide range of applications in various fields such as medicine, pharmacy, biotechnology, industry, agriculture, and commercial research. Chitosan is widely used in medical and industrial applications due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity, natural origin, and similarity to biological macromolecules. The applications in which chitosan is widely used include planning different drug delivery systems for various dosage forms such as oral, buccal, nasal, transdermal, parenteral, vaginal, cervical, intrauterine, and rectal; gene therapy; wound healing and burns; tissue engineering; dermatology; ophthalmology; dentistry; biosensors and bioimaging; immobilized enzymes; and veterinary medicine. In this study, some medical applications of chitosan were emphasized.