Chitosan Nanoparticles-Based Cancer Drug Delivery: Application and Challenges

• Published in: Marine drugs Vol. 21; no. 4; p. 211
• Main Authors: Sachdeva, Bhuvi, Sachdeva, Punya, Negi, Arvind, Ghosh, Shampa, Han, Sungsoo, Dewanjee, Saikat, Jha, Saurabh Kumar, Bhaskar, Rakesh, Sinha, Jitendra Kumar, Paiva-Santos, Ana Cláudia, Jha, Niraj Kumar, Kesari, Kavindra Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Algae; Alzheimer's disease; Analysis; Antibiotics; anticancer agents; Anticancer properties; Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Antitumor agents; Antitumour agents; Aquatic crustaceans; Biocompatibility; Biodegradability; Biodegradation; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Biopolymers; Cell walls; Chitin; Chitosan; Chitosan - therapeutic use; Crustaceans; Drug carriers; Drug delivery; Drug Delivery Systems; Drugs; Fermentation; Fungi; Health aspects; Humans; Marine crustaceans; Material properties; Methods; Molecular weight; Multiple sclerosis; N-Acetylglucosamine; nanocarriers; Nanoparticles; Neoplasms - drug therapy; polysaccharides; Population studies; Proteins; Radiation; Review; Shellfish; Solid tumors; Tissue engineering; Vehicles; India; polysaccharides; chitosan; nanoparticles; nanocarriers; anticancer agents; chitin

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer consisting of -acetylglucosamine units and is primarily derived from the shells of marine crustaceans and the cell walls of organisms (such as bacteria, fungi, and algae). Being a biopolymer, its materialistic properties, such as biodegradability, and bi...