"Chitin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
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D002686
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.139 D09.698.211
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chitin" by people in Profiles.
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Drug delivery and tissue engineering applications of biocompatible pectin-chitin/nano CaCO3 composite scaffolds. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2013 Jun 01; 106:109-16.
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of chitin hydrogel/nano ZnO composite bandage as antibacterial wound dressing. J Biomed Nanotechnol. 2012 Dec; 8(6):891-900.
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Synthesis, characterization and cytocompatibility studies of a-chitin hydrogel/nano hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds. Int J Biol Macromol. 2011 Jul 01; 49(1):20-31.