Environmental and sustainability issues have received increasing attention in recent years.
As a natural biopolymer, chitosan has been developed as a sustainable alternative to …

Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-
galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars …

Polysaccharides are the most abundant naturally available carbohydrate polymers;
composed of monosaccharide units covalently connected together. Chitosan is the most …

Chitosan, as a unique positively charged polysaccharide, has been one of the most popular
biopolymers for development of drug delivery systems for various applications, due to its …

A polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) matrix formed between chitosan and pectin was developed
to entrap a bioactive compound (anthocyanin), obtaining an useful pH indicator device …

Natural polymer-based hydrogel films have great potential for biomedical applications and
are good candidates for wound dressings. In this study, we aimed to develop simvastatin …

The aim of this study was to design a pectin-chitosan (PEC-CS) hydrogel loaded with a
bioadhesive-design micelle containing large amount of ciprofloxacin for antibacterial and …

FT-IR, in combination with residual amino group determination using a fluorescence
technique, has been used to investigate the chemical functional groups involved in the cross …

Development of packaging materials from renewable resources has for a long time been
desirable for sustainability reasons, but with recent explosion in prices of petroleum …

Biopolymers have several advantages for the development of drug delivery systems, since
they are biocompatible, biodegradable and easy to obtain from renewable resources …