Cross-linked Chitosan-Based Hydrogels Nanocomposites for Treatment of Disease

Abstract

Chitosan nanoparticles can be used in many types of applications such as food packaging, cosmetics and biomedical field. Chitosan can be modified to form chitosan-based hydrogels for antiviral purpose. Chitosan-based hydrogels are commonly used in wound healing, tissue engineering and drug delivery. This study explains about the properties and the applications of chitosan-based hydrogels since there were not much paper or research about chitosan-based hydrogels used as antiviral agent. Usually, many researchers did some studies about antiviral application focusing only on chitosan itself but not specifically into chitosan-based hydrogels. The properties of chitosan are also not well explained in some research. The purpose of this study is to investigate the antiviral application of chitosan-based hydrogels based on chitosan properties.