ABSTRACT
The variety of wound types has resulted in a wide range of wound dressings with new products frequently introduced to target different aspects of the wound healing process. The ideal dressing should achieve rapid healing at a reasonable cost with minimal inconvenience to the patient. The present chapter offers the role of biopolymers in combination with synthetic ones, this opens up many phases towards the applications in medics including the tissue engineering and controlled drug delivery. One of the important
Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India, *E-mail: sikram@jmi.ac.in, shakeelchem11@gmail.com
Abstract ................................................................................................. 231 14.1 Introduction ................................................................................... 232 14.2 Characterization ............................................................................ 236 Keywords .............................................................................................. 251 References ............................................................................................. 251
aspects is the wound-care market where biopolymeric blend compositions as wound dressings are proving their potentials to enhance wound healing as these are capable of maintaining moist environment at the wound site. Synthetic biodegradable polymers are also increasingly used, although the use of natural polymers, such as cellulose and starches, is still common in biomedical research. Chitosan (CS) is a biopolymer having immense structural possibilities for modifications to generate novel properties and functions for its applications in wound care. The inherent antimicrobial and antifungal properties are the reason for it being one of the currently proposed and most promising polymers in wound dressings. The present chapter is focused on the synthesis of nanosilver-contained CS cellulose wound dressings for wound management. The introduction of green route for wound dressing loaded with silver nanoparticles has been explored.
