Chitosan per os, from dietary supplement to drug carrier

R.A.A. Muzzarelli, ed., Atec, Grottammare (2000). ISBN 88-86889-03-8.

Unsolicited evaluation

... Chitin/chitosan represents an exciting biomaterial that has a number of interesting pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. Many are the uses already studied and many are to be examined ex novo. This book provides many original inputs and will be invaluable for all the problems connected with our health. It could also be a fundamental reference for dermatologists, plastic surgeons but also for all the students in medicine and chemistry and marketing experts who will find many ideas for application and/or development of innovative products.

F. Morganti,
Editor in Chief,
Journal of Applied Cosmetology 18,43-45 (2000)

Table of contents

Recent results in the oral administration of chitosan, by R.A.A. Muzzarelli

Dietary reduction of absorption of dietary lipids and cholesterol by chitosan and its derivatives and special formulations, by I. Furda

Chitosan in weight reduction. Results from a large scale consumer study, by E. Thom, J. Wadstein

Efficacy of chitosan in overweight patients with insulin resistance-compensatory hyperinsulinemia, by F. Tomasi, M. Reali, E. Scalambra, M. Carantoni

Chitosan derivatives as intestinal penetration enhancers of hydrophilic macromolecular drugs, by M. Thanou

Chitosan microparticles for oral vaccination: characterization and preliminary in vivo uptake studies in Peyer´s Patches, by van der Lubben I.M., Konings F.A.J., Borchard G., Verhoef J.C., Junginger H.E.

Effect of chitosan in enhancing drug delivery across buccal mucosa, by Senel S., Kremer M.J., Kas S., Wertz P.W., Hincal A.A., Squier C.A.

Influence of chitosans on permeability of human intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) cells: The effect of molecular weight, degree of deacetylation and exposure time, by Holme H.K., Hagen A., Dornish M.

Chitosan and the transmucosal absorption of drugs, by S.S. Davis

Antifungal activity and release behaviour of cross-linked chitosan films incorporated with chlorhexidine gluconate, by Ikinci G., Senel S., Kas S., Yousefi-Rad A., Hincal A.A.

Chitosan based drug carriers, by V. Zecchi

Oral polymeric N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and osteoarthritis, by B.R. Rubin, J.M. Talent, R.M. Pertusi, M.D. Forman, R.W. Gracy

The chitin-containing preparation Mycoton in a pediatric gastroenterology case, by Gorovoj L.F., Seniouk O.F., Savichuk N.O, Aznauryan E.K.

In vitro and in vivo study of the tryptamid floating granules, by P. Dorozynski, R. Jachowicz, B. Bystrowska, J. Brandys

Evaluation of chitosan ascorbate application as a multifunctional dressing during dental operation within the region of dental cervix, by B. Kochanska, J. Sramkiewicz

New method of chitosan application for treatment of parodontitis, by G.I. Tyupenko, E.E. Skorikova, A.B. Zezin

Relationship between lysozyme activity and clinical symptoms following the application of chitin-chitosan in endodontic treatment, by T. Ikeda, K. Yanagiguchi, I.L. Viloria, Y. Hayashi

Chitosan based saliva substitute, by R.A.A. Muzzarelli

Conformation of chitosan ascorbic acid salt, by Ogawa K., Kawada J., Yui T.

In vitro study on the interactions of chitins and chitosans with lipids, by Muzzarelli R.A.A., Cartolari M., N. Frega