Oligochitosan and oxidized nucleoside-based bioderived hydrogels for wound healing.

Herein, we report biocompatible hydrogel for wound healing that was prepared using nature-sourced building blocks. For the first time, OCS was employed as a building macromolecule to form bulk hydrogels along with the nature-sourced nucleoside derivative (inosine dialdehyde, IdA) as the cross-linker. A strong correlation was obtained between the mechanical properties and stability of the prepared hydrogels with a cross-linker concentration.