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| Chitosan Ascorbate, Deacetylated chitosan, Enzymatic polychitosamine hydrolisat, HEP-30, Mono-carboxymethylated chitosan, N-Carboxybutyl Chitosan, N,O-Sulfated Chitosan, O-Sulfated N-Acetylchitosan, Sulfated N-Carboxymethylchitosan, Sulfated O-Carboxymethylchitosan, Trimethyl chitosan chloride. |
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| Chitosan. |
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Orally, chitosan is used for weight loss and obesity. It is also used for hypercholesterolemia, anemia, Crohn's disease, dental caries, enhancing physical strength, stimulating appetite, renal failure, and insomnia.
Topically, chitosan is used for periodontitis and promoting donor site tissue regeneration in plastic surgery.
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, chitosan is used as an excipient in tablets, as a disintegrant to improve drug dissolution, as a vehicle for parenteral drug delivery devices, as a carrier in controlled release drug systems, and to mask bitter tastes in oral solutions.
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