Chitosan hydrogel is a smart and highly applicable drug delivery carrier because of its
nature, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ability to encapsulate, carry and release the …

Conventional drug delivery system generally deals with the issues involving repeated
dosing and systemic toxicities. Since few decades, hydrogels have played a significant role …

Sustainable and controlled delivery of drugs is at the centre of a huge amount of undertaken
researches. The ability of hydrogels, high water content materials, to achieve a local and …

Purpose Age-related eye diseases are becoming more prevalent. A notable increase has
been seen in the most common causes including glaucoma, age-related macular …

Topical instillation of eye drops remains the most common and easiest route of ocular drug
administration, representing the treatment of choice for many ocular diseases. Nevertheless …

Targeted delivery of drug molecules to diseased sites is a great challenge in pharmaceutical
and biomedical sciences. Fabrication of drug delivery systems (DDS) to target and/or …

Chitin, a polysaccharide that occurs abundantly in nature after cellulose, has attracted the
interest of the scientific community due to its plenty of availability and low cost. Mostly, it is …

Recent advancements in the synthesis, properties, and applications of chitosan as the
second after cellulose available biopolymer in nature were discussed in this review. A …

Ocular diseases may be treated via different routes of administration, such as topical,
intracameral, intravitreal, oral and parenteral. Among them the topical route is most accepted …

There are many challenges involved in ocular drug delivery. These are a result of the many
tissue barriers and defense mechanisms that are present with the eye; such as the cornea …