A critical look at challenges and future scopes of bioactive compounds and their incorporations in the food, energy, and pharmaceutical sector

S Pai, A Hebbar, S Selvaraj - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Bioactive compounds refer to secondary metabolites extracted from plants, fungi, microbes,
or animals. Besides having pharmacological or toxicological effects on organisms leading to …

Preparation of graphene/carbon nanotube-cellulose composites assisted by ionic liquids: A review

Z Zhao, Z Sun, W Lv, C Sun, Z Zhang - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
As is well known, cellulose, as a natural polymer material with abundant reserves, plays an
irreplaceable role as the major raw material in energy and chemical-related fields. With the …

Wound healing performance of PVA/PCL based electrospun nanofiber incorporated green synthetized CuNPs and Quercus infectoria extracts

S Fahimirad, P Satei, A Ganji… - Journal of Biomaterials …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) were synthetized through green chemistry
approach using C. officinalis flowers extract. The biosynthetized nanoparticles were …

Dextran-chitosan composites: Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties

AR Petrovici, N Anghel, MV Dinu, I Spiridon - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents the development of new formulations consisting of dextran (Dex) and
chitosan (Ch) matrices, with fillings such as chitosan stearate (MCh), citric acid, salicylic …

Xanthan and alginate-matrix used as transdermal delivery carrier for piroxicam and ketoconazole

A Dimofte, MV Dinu, N Anghel, F Doroftei… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents new drug delivery systems based on xanthan, unmodified or modified by
esterification with oleic acid, and alginate for controlled release of bioactive substances with …

Composite materials based on iron oxide nanoparticles and polyurethane for improving the quality of MRI

LM Gradinaru, M Barbalata Mandru, M Drobota… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyether urethane (PU)-based magnetic composite materials, containing different types
and concentrations of iron oxide nanostructures (Fe2O3 and Fe3O4), were prepared and …

Oxidized cellulose nanofibers from sugarcane bagasse obtained by microfluidization: Morphology and rheological behavior

CC Pessan, JS Bernardes, SHP Bettini, ER Leite - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
It is advantageous to understand the relationship between cellulose fiber morphology and
the rheological behavior of its dispersions so that their application can be optimized. The …

Pectin and mucin modified cellulose-based superabsorbent hydrogel for controlled curcumin release

F Islam, SY Wong, X Li, MT Arafat - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Pectin (Pec) and mucin (Muc) were incorporated into a pure cellulose hydrogel
network prepared in a urea/NaOH solvent system and cross-linked with epichlorohydrin to …

Updates on polyurethane and its multifunctional applications in biomedical engineering

Z Miri, S Farè, Q Ma, HJ Haugen - Progress in Biomedical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Polyurethanes (PUs) have properties that make them promising in biomedical applications.
PU is recognized as one of the main families of blood and biocompatible materials. PU plays …

Non-Isocyanate polyurethane from the extracted tannin of sumac leaves: Synthesis, characterization, and optimization of the reaction parameters

M Gholami, A Shakeri, M Zolghadr, G Yamini - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The extracted tannin from Sumac leaves (Rhus coriaria L.) as a bioresource was utilized for
Non-isocyanate Polyurethanes (NIPUs) synthesis. The extracted tannin pre-reacted with …