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118. R.A.A. Muzzarelli, F. Tanfani and M. Emanuelli. Nuovi derivati del chitosano di interesse biomedico e biotecnologico. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 34(1), A46-A48 (1985).


128. R.A.A. Muzzarelli, F. Tanfani, M. Emanuelli, E. Chiurazzi and M. Piani. Sulfated N-carboxymethyl chitosans as blood anticoagulants. In CHITIN IN NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY. R.A.A. Muzzarelli, C. Jeuniaux and G.W. Gooday,eds. Pag. 469-476. Plenum Press, New York, 1986.


242. P. Giunchedi, I. Genta, B. Conti, R.A.A. Muzzarelli and U. Conte. Preparation and characterization of ampicillin loaded methylpirrolidinone chitosan and chitosan microspheres. Biomaterials, 19, 157-161 (1998).


261. I. Genta, P. Perugini, F. Pavanetto, T. Modena, B. Conti and R.A.A. Muzzarelli. Microparticulate drug delivery systems. In P. Jollès and R.A.A. Muzzarelli, eds., Chitin and Chitinases, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel 1999, p. 305-313.


264. R.A.A. Muzzarelli, M. Miliani, M. Cartolari, I. Genta, P. Perugini, T. Modena, F. Pavanetto and B. Conti. Pharmaceutical use of the 6-oxychitin-chitosan polyelectrolyte complex. STP Pharma Sciences 10(1) 51-56 (2000).


288. I. Genta, P. Perugini, F. Pavanetto, T. Modena, R.A.A. Muzzarelli and B. Conti. Chitosan crosslinking for pharmaceutical purposes: an overview. In R.A.A. Muzzarelli and C. Muzzarelli, eds., Chitosan in Pharmacy and Chemistry, Pp. 11-20. Atec, Italy (2002).


292. Genta I., Perugini P., Modena T., Pavanetto F., Castelli F., Muzzarelli R.A.A., Muzzarelli C. and Conti B., Myconazole-loaded 6-oxychitin-chitosan microcapsules. Carbohydrate Polymers, 50, 11-18 (2003).


299. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, R.A.A. Muzzarelli, C. Muzzarelli, H. Sashiwa, A.J. Domb. Chitosan Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Perspective. Chemical Reviews, 104, 6017-6084 (2004).


302. R.A.A. Muzzarelli and C. Muzzarelli. Chitosan chemistry: relevance to the biomedical sciences. In Advances in Polymer Science, T. Heinze, ed. 186, 151-209. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2005.


310. Y. Yuan, B.M. Chesnutt, W.O. Haggard, J.D. Bumgardner, R.A.A. Muzzarelli. Genipin cross-linked chitosans for drug release. In Jayakumar R. and Prabaharan A. (Eds.). Chitin and chitosan in biomaterial science, Vol. II. Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India, 2009.


315. R.A.A. Muzzarelli. Genipin-chitosan hydrogels as biomedical and pharmaceutical aids. Carbohydrate Polymers, 77, 1-9 (2009).


316. R.A.A. Muzzarelli. Chitosans: new vectors for gene therapy. In Carbohydrate polymers: development, properties and applications. F. Columbus, ed. Nova Science Publ., Hauppauge NY, USA (2010).


322. Jayakumar, R; Chennazhi, KP; Muzzarelli, RAA; Tamura, H; Nair, SV; Selvamurugan, N.  Chitosan conjugated DNA nanoparticles in gene therapy. Carbohydrate Polymers 79 (1). 2010. 1-8.