Literature review
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8. Chitosan derivatives
Chemical modification has the potential to augment the biological and physicochemical
characteristics of chitosan (AHMED and IKRAM, 2017). Chitosan, despite its advantageous
properties, is beset by the inadequacy of solubility in water and conventional organic solvents.
However, this limitation can be resolved via chemical alteration (THOMAS et al., 2020).
One prominent example of a chitosan derivative is chitosan hydrochloride, which has gained
significant recognition and inclusion in European Pharmacopeia 6.0 and the 29th edition of the
Figure 11:Schematic representation of the possibilities of processing
chitosan into different forms
15
8. Chitosan derivatives
Chemical modification has the potential to augment the biological and physicochemical
characteristics of chitosan (AHMED and IKRAM, 2017). Chitosan, despite its advantageous
properties, is beset by the inadequacy of solubility in water and conventional organic solvents.
However, this limitation can be resolved via chemical alteration (THOMAS et al., 2020).
One prominent example of a chitosan derivative is chitosan hydrochloride, which has gained
significant recognition and inclusion in European Pharmacopeia 6.0 and the 29th edition of the
Figure 11:Schematic representation of the possibilities of processing
chitosan into different forms