甲壳素及其衍生物在生物医学上的应用

Biomedical Applications of Chitin and Its Derivatives

甲壳素是一种天然多糖,它广泛地存在于虾、蟹和昆虫的外壳以及菌类和藻类的细胞壁中,是一个有着潜在实用价值但尚未开发的自然资源。近年来,随着高分子科学和生物医学工程的蓬勃发展。

The applications, the in biomedical field of chitin, chitosan and a number of their derivatives proposed in recent publications and patents are reviewed. Several attempts have been made to use these renewable biopolymers in the biomedical field as: absorbable sutures, artificial kidney membrane, blood anticoagulant, hemostatics and wround-healing accelarator, contact lenses and additives in pharmaceutical preparations etc.