Chitosan Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering—An Overview

Bone contains considerable amounts of minerals and proteins. Hydroxyapatite [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2] is one of the most stable forms of calcium phosphate and it occurs in bones as major component (60 to 65%), along with other materials including collagen, chondroitin sulfate, keratin sulfate and lipids. In...

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Main Authors: Jayachandran Venkatesan, Se-Kwon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-08-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/8/8/2252/