CHITOSAN: A MUCOADHESIVE POLYMER
Prajakta K.Khobragade* and Prashant K.Puranik
ABSTRACT
Chitosan is polymer having mucoadhesion properties. Being biological origin it have less toxic effect than other polymers. Present article review on various physicochemical biological properties, and its method of preparation. Chitosan have the property to get modified or make the complex with other excipients leads to enhancing its properties. Chitosan is a versatile natural polymer. This article reviewed different aspects of Chitosan with their applicability in pharmaceutical formulations. This review emphasized that research on Chitosan based systems containing various drugs for various therapeutic applications have increased in recent years. So this article
has fullfill the requirement of a review on this naturally derived polymer in present scenario.
Keywords: Chitosan, mucoadhesion, formulation.
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