Current application of algae derivatives for bioplastic production: A review

BT Dang, XT Bui, DPH Tran, HH Ngo, LD Nghiem… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improper use of conventional plastics poses challenges for sustainable energy and
environmental protection. Algal derivatives have been considered as a potential renewable …

Macroalgal biorefinery concepts for the circular bioeconomy: A review on biotechnological developments and future perspectives

ET Kostas, JMM Adams, HA Ruiz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The imminent need for transition to a circular bioeconomy, based on the valorisation of
renewable biomass feedstocks, will ameliorate global challenges induced by climate …

Bone tissue engineering: Anionic polysaccharides as promising scaffolds

PM Sivakumar, AA Yetisgin, SB Sahin, E Demir… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bone repair is a self-healing process. However, critical-sized bone defects need bone
augmentation where bone tissue engineering plays vital role. Bone tissue Engineering …

Sulfated seaweed polysaccharides as multifunctional materials in drug delivery applications

L Cunha, A Grenha - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the last decades, the discovery of metabolites from marine resources showing biological
activity has increased significantly. Among marine resources, seaweed is a valuable source …

Algal polysaccharides for 3D printing: A review

S Mandal, GK Nagi, AA Corcoran, R Agrawal… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Algae hold particular promise as a feedstock for biomaterials, as they are capable of
producing a wide variety of polymers with the properties required for 3D printing. However …

Electroconductive natural polymer-based hydrogels

Z Shi, X Gao, MW Ullah, S Li, Q Wang, G Yang - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Hydrogels prepared from natural polymers have received immense considerations over the
past decade due to their safe nature, biocompatibility, hydrophilic properties, and …

Chitosan based nanofibers in bone tissue engineering

K Balagangadharan, S Dhivya… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bone tissue engineering involves biomaterials, cells and regulatory factors to make
biosynthetic bone grafts with efficient mineralization for regeneration of fractured or …

Ulvan, a bioactive marine sulphated polysaccharide as a key constituent of hybrid biomaterials: A review

LA Tziveleka, E Ioannou, V Roussis - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Ulvan, a sulphated polysaccharide located in the cell walls of green algae that possesses
unique structural properties albeit its repeating unit shares chemical affinity with …

Marine origin polysaccharides in drug delivery systems

MJ Cardoso, RR Costa, JF Mano - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Oceans are a vast source of natural substances. In them, we find various compounds with
wide biotechnological and biomedical applicabilities. The exploitation of the sea as a …

Recent trends in natural polysaccharide based bioinks for multiscale 3D printing in tissue regeneration: A review

B Mahendiran, S Muthusamy, S Sampath… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofabrication by three-dimensional (3D) printing has been an attractive technology in
harnessing the possibility to print anatomical shaped native tissues with controlled …