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CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 – Chitosan from Fungi pp. 1-70
Authors / Editors: (Mirko Trutnau, Thomas Bley, Jelka Ondruschka, TU Dresden, Institute of Food Technology and Bioprocess Engineering, Bergstraße, Dresden, Germany, and others)
Chapter 2 – Chitosan: Modifications and Applications in Dosage Form Design pp. 71-132
Authors / Editors: (Ashok Kumar Tiwary, Bharti Sapra, Gurpreet Kaur, Vikas Rana, Product Development Group, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, India)
Chapter 3 – Chitosan: Manufacture, Properties & Uses pp. 133-216
Authors / Editors: (C. K. S. Pillai, Willi Paul and Chandra P. Sharma, Division of Biosurface Technology, Biomedical Technology Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences Technology, Biomedical Technology Wing, Poojappura, Trivandrum 695 012)
Chapter 4 – Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes of Chitosan pp. 217-260
Authors / Editors: (N.A. Samoilova, M.A. Krayukhina, I.A. Yamskov, A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
Chapter 5 – N-Carboxyethylchitosan-Based Polymer Materials pp. 261-320
Authors / Editors: (Dilyana Paneva, Rosica Mincheva, Elena Yancheva, Nevena Manolova, Olya Stoilova, Philippe Dubois, Iliya Rashkov, Laboratory of Bioactive Polymers, Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, and others)
Chapter 6 – Chitosan NanoParticles for Biomedical Applications pp. 321-364
Authors / Editors: (Paula Pereira, Vera Carvalho, Reinaldo Ramos, Miguel Gama, IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Minho University, Braga, Portugal)
Chapter 7 – Chitosan-Based Nanocarriers: Effective Vehicles for Mucosal Protein Delivery pp. 365-412
Authors / Editors: (Luis Braz, Marita Dionísio, Ana Grenha, CIQA Algarve Research Centre of Chemistry, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 8 – Chitosan: A Potential Bio-Polymer for Drug Delivery pp. 413-448
Authors / Editors: (Sanjay K. Jain, Piush Khare, Arvind Gulbake, Satish Shilpi, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, M.P., India)
Chapter 9 – Current Status of Chitosan on Dermal/Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems pp. 449-484
Authors / Editors: (Ipek Ozcan, Taner Senyigit, Evren Homan Gokce, Ozgen Ozer, Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Izmir, Turkey)
