Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology: Properties and Applications in Bioengineering

Escobar Sierra, Diana Marcela

Chitosan: Properties and Applications in Bioengineering presents a review of chitosan, including information regarding its structure, main properties, available sources, extraction, and processing techniques. It presents the different applications of chitosan as a biomaterial in fields such as medicine and the agricultural, cosmetology, pharmaceutical, and food industries to have readers obtain a more technical vision of the current use of this biopolymer. The book has been researched and written based on the data collected through several years of work in the Biomaterials Research Group, part of the University of Antioquia Bioengineering Program. This concise guide will be valuable for researchers and students in biomaterials, bioengineering, the basic sciences, chemical engineering, and biomedical engineering.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2025-03-06

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031819872

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-81988-9

Dimensions: 240cm x168cm

Pages: 59