“…Chitosan has attracted much attention as a biomedical material, as it exhibits a wide variety of biological activities, such as antitumor activities [7]- [9], immunostimulating effects [10], antiallergic effects [11], hemostatic agent [12], anticoagulant effects [13] [14] hypocholesterolemic effects [15], antiinflammatorty activities [16], free radical scavenging activities [17], antimicrobial effects [18], antibacterial effects [19] [20] wound-healing effects [21] [22], antifungal activities [23] [24] and antiviral activity [25]. However, because of its high molecular weight and water-insolubility, the applications of chitosan are severely limited.…”