New wound dressing based on chitosan/hyaluronan biopolymers

Abstract

This dissertation is organized as follows. Chapter 1 presents an in-depth literature review. Chapter 2 presents the isolation and characterization of chitin and chitosan from Brazilian Atlantic Coast. Chapter 3 focuses on the preparation and characterization of new wound dressing based on hyaluronan and chitosan with using non-woven fabric. Chapter 4 focuses on the conclusion and future work.