Chitosan-based polyelectrolyte complexes: A review

This review focuses on the formation of polyelectrolyte chitosan complexes with biologically active compounds and the prospects of use thereof. The possibility of obtaining low-molecular-weight, water-soluble batches of chitosan, which differ in their degree of acetylation, is discussed, with emphasis on their use for binding nucleic acids into complexes.Translated from Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 9–16.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ilina, Varlamov.