Figure 8.

Three-dimensional chitin scaffold as a potential drug delivery matrix. (A) Chemical formula of decamethoxine which was used in our study as a model substance with antibiotic activity. The nanoporous structure of I. flabelliformis chitin-based tube walls (SEM image, B) may be responsible for both the initial absorption of the substance into the organic matrix and for the following diffusion of this substance from the chitinous construct being transferred to the agar plate contaminated with corresponding bacterial cultures (C).