Shellac as a multifunctional biopolymer: A review on properties, applications and future potential

N Thombare, S Kumar, U Kumari, P Sakare… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shellac is a physically refined form of lac resin, a natural biopolymer of animal origin
obtained from tiny insects feeding on the sap of specific host trees. Shellac, in its basic form …

Precise oral delivery systems for probiotics: A review

Y Luo, C De Souza, M Ramachandran, S Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Probiotics have several health benefits to the host. However, low pH in the stomach, various
digestive enzymes and bile salts in the intestine threaten their viability and function. Thus …

Current advances in chitosan nanoparticles based oral drug delivery for colorectal cancer treatment

H Choukaife, S Seyam, B Alallam… - International journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
As per the WHO, colorectal cancer (CRC) caused around 935,173 deaths worldwide in 2020
in both sexes and at all ages. The available anticancer therapies including chemotherapy …

Shellac: A promising natural polymer in the food industry

Y Yuan, N He, Q Xue, Q Guo, L Dong… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The promising applications of polymers have recently attracted increasing
interest in the food industry, prompting the development and utilization of novel polymers …

Systematic screening of pharmaceutical polymers for hot melt extrusion processing: A comprehensive review

R Thakkar, R Thakkar, A Pillai, EA Ashour… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical research, whether industrial or academic, has attempted to adopt
approaches most efficient for the development of innovations. With the abundance of …

Engineered shellac beads-on-the-string fibers using triaxial electrospinning for improved colon-targeted drug delivery

Y Yang, W Chen, M Wang, J Shen, Z Tang, Y Qin… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Colon-targeted drug delivery is gradually attracting attention because it can effectively treat
colon diseases. Furthermore, electrospun fibers have great potential application value in the …

Recent trends in design and evaluation of chitosan-based colon targeted drug delivery systems: Update 2020

M Kurakula, S Gorityala, K Moharir - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Colon-targeted drug delivery systems is an active area of research that is designed to
selectively release the drug in the colonic environment to enhance the oral delivery of active …

Carbohydrate polymer-based carriers for colon targeted delivery of probiotics

W Zhang, A Sadeghi, AC Karaca, J Zhang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Probiotics (PRO) have been recognized for their significant role in promoting human health,
particularly in relation to colon-related diseases. The effective delivery of PRO to the colon is …

Multiscale shellac-based delivery systems: From macro-to nanoscale

Y Yuan, N He, L Dong, Q Guo, X Zhang, B Li, L Li - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Delivery systems play a crucial role in enhancing the activity of active substances; however,
they require complex processing techniques and raw material design to achieve the desired …

Encapsulation of SOD in chitosan-coated gel particles of alginate or mixture of alginate and shellac for targeted intestinal delivery

Z Zhu, Y Yuan, J Guo, X Luo, S Liu, S Miao - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
The chitosan-coated alginate gel particles (CS/SA) and chitosan-coated alginate-shellac gel
particles (CS/SA/Lac) were constructed to serve as a potential oral delivery system to …