Bioactive conjugates of cellulose with amino compounds

A textile web bandage, patch or like bandage, patch or like wound cover derived from a polymer composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of cellulose, polysaccharides other than cellulose and polyvinyl alcohol and its copolymers which contain a plurality of free hydroxy groups, which said at least one member has been subjected to preactivation by treatment with at least one N-heterocyclic compound for a period of time sufficient to increase the capacity of said at least one member for reaction with a reactant;

• said reactant being selected from the group consisting of cyanogen halides, carbonate esters, halogenated s-triazines, haloformates, sulfonyl halides and N-heterocyclic compounds containing active halogen atoms on the heterocyclic nucleus;
• and
• wherein the preactivation heterocyclic compound is selected from the group consisting of pyridine, pyrrole and pyridazine, partially hydrogenated analogs thereof, fully hydrogenated analogs thereof, and any of the foregoing which contain at least one substituent selected from C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, non-active fluorine, chlorine, bromine and trifluoromethyl.