Chitosan and its pharmaceutical applications

Abstract

Chitosan is a prospective cationic polysaccharide which shows a number of functions in many fields, including biomedicinal, pharmaceutical, preservation, microbial and others. In this review, we have summarized three main areas of its biomedicinal applications due to its antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant effects.

Keywords

• chitosan
• antibacterial activity
• anticancer activity
• antioxidant activity