Accelerating effects of chitosan for healing at early phase of experimental open wound in dogs

• Published in: Biomaterials Vol. 20; no. 15; pp. 1407 - 1414
• Main Authors: Ueno, Hiroshi, Yamada, Haruo, Tanaka, Ichiro, Kaba, Naoki, Matsuura, Mitsunobu, Okumura, Masahiro, Kadosawa, Tsuyoshi, Fujinaga, Toru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1999; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Animals; Biocompatible Materials - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Biology; Cells; Chitin - analogs & derivatives; Chitin - pharmacology; Chitosan; Collagen; Dog; Dogs; Female; Granuloma - pathology; Immunology; Medical sciences; Neutrophils - pathology; Neutrophils - physiology; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Skin - pathology; Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments. Material. Instrumentation; Wound healing; Wound Healing - drug effects; Wounds and Injuries - pathology; Wounds and Injuries - physiopathology; Wound healing; Chitosan; Dog; Collagen; Fissipedia; Carnivora; Polymer; Histology; Wound; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Efficiency; Animal; Biomaterial; Acceleration; Mechanism of action; Cicatrization

Chitosan is a polymeric β(1→4) glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxy- d-glucose) and N-acetyl- d-glucosamine (2-acetamido-2-deoxy- d-glucose) which has been reported as a wound healing accelerator. In order to evaluate the efficacy of chitosan as an accelerator of wound healing, experimental open skin wounds...