摘要
Chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have attracted wider applications in medicine,in the area of drug delivery,tissue engineering and wound healing.Chitosan matrix incorporated with nanometallic components has immense potential in the area of wound dressings due to its antimicrobial properties.This review focuses on the different combinations of Chitosan metal nanocomposites such as Chitosan/nAg,Chitosan/nAu,Chitosan/nCu,Chitosan/nZnO and Chitosan/nTiO2 towards enhancement of healing or infection control with special reference to the antimicrobial mechanism of action and toxicity.
基金
Authors are grateful to the Department of Biotechnology(DBT),India,for providing funding(BT/PR6758/NNT/28/620/2012 dated 23-08-2013)
Annapoorna Mohandas acknowledges the University Grants Commission(UGC,India)for Five year Fellowship(EU-IV dtd 31/07/2010 SRNo.2120930570)
One of the author S.Deepthi is thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for supporting financially under the CSIR-SRF award no:9/963(0034)2K13-EMR-I.
