A promising carrier for the development of polymer systems with controlled release of biologically active compounds is the aminopolysaccharide chitosan. In the present work, we studied the possibility of using chitosan films as a matrix for the N6-benzyladenine (BA), which is the natural cytokinin widely used in tissue culture. The aim of this work was to develop biopolymer carriers containing phytohormones cytokinins that provide its controlled release. As a result of the work, a number of biopolymer carriers containing BA were obtained, and the kinetics of moisture absorption of the resulting complexes and the kinetics of their release of cytokinins were studied. It has been shown that the use of a polymer carrier based on chitosan is a convenient matrix for achieving a prolonged biological effect from cytokinins. The obtained results will make it possible to purposefully design materials with an optimal delivery rate of cytokinins for a biological object.
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