Open AccessOptimization, characterization, and efficacy evaluation of 2% chitosan scaffold for tissue engineering and wound healing
Author(s) -
Priyanka Chhabra,
Priyanka Tyagi,
Aseem Bhatnagar,
Gaurav Mittal,
Amit Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.199346
Subject(s) - chitosan , wound healing , scaffold , biocompatibility , in vivo , tissue engineering , biomedical engineering , mtt assay , fibroblast , viability assay , chemistry , in vitro , pharmacology , medicine , surgery , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , organic chemistry
To develop a chitosan-based scaffold and carry out a complete comprehensive study encompassing optimization of exact chitosan strength, product characterization, toxicity evaluation, in vitro validation in cell culture experiments, and finally in vivo efficacy in animal excision wound model.