title: Two Important Polysaccharides as Carriers for Drug Delivery.
abstract: Chitosan can be used to prepare the carriers, such as nanoparticles (NPs), intelligent gels, microspheres, nano/microencapsulation, and so on. Its applications in the drug delivery are more broad. Dextran can be combined with drugs by non-covalent crosslinking method or covalent modification mode in the course of delivery. The applications of chitosan and dextran as carriers for drug delivery were summed up herein.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 401331, China. huangdoctor226@163.com.
authors.forename: Gangliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yingli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D003911:Dextrans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods; D065546:Drug Liberation; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D048271:Chitosan