The aim of this review is to give an insight into the many potential applications of chitosan as a pharmaceutical drug carrier. The first part of this review concerns the principal uses of chitosan as an excipient in oral formulations (particularly as a direct tableting agent) and as a vehicle for parenteral drug delivery devices. The use of chitosan to manufacture sustained-release systems deliverable by other routes (nasal, ophthalmic, transdermal, and implantable devices) is discussed in the second part.
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Felt, O., Buri, P., & Gurny, R. (1998). Chitosan: A unique polysaccharide for drug delivery. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. Marcel Dekker Inc. https://doi.org/10.3109/03639049809089942
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