Tannic acid: a versatile polyphenol for design of biomedical hydrogels

H Jafari, P Ghaffari-Bohlouli, SV Niknezhad… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

[HTML][HTML] Carrier-free nanodrugs with efficient drug delivery and release for cancer therapy: From intrinsic physicochemical properties to external modification

H Mei, S Cai, D Huang, H Gao, J Cao, B He - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The considerable development of carrier-free nanodrugs has been achieved due to their
high drug-loading capability, simple preparation method, and offering “all-in-one” functional …

Multifunctional chitosan/tannic acid composite films with improved anti-UV, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties for active food packaging

SJ Lee, MA Gwak, K Chathuranga, JS Lee, J Koo… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) has been extensively studied because of its biocompatibility,
biodegradability, low toxicity, and good film-forming properties. However, pristine CS has …

Natural polyphenols as versatile platforms for material engineering and surface functionalization

LQ Xu, KG Neoh, ET Kang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyphenols, the ubiquitous secondary metabolites of plants, are an important part of human
diet and are essential for plant functions. They have attracted considerable interest due to …

Supramolecular hydrogel formation based on tannic acid

H Fan, L Wang, X Feng, Y Bu, D Wu, Z Jin - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
The development of facile and versatile strategies with low-cost for hydrogel construction is
of tremendous scientific interest. Herein, we demonstrate that naturally derived, cost …

Multifaceted role of phyto-derived polyphenols in nanodrug delivery systems

Z Chen, MA Farag, Z Zhong, C Zhang, Y Yang… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
As naturally occurring bioactive products, several lines of evidence have shown the potential
of polyphenols in the medical intervention of various diseases, including tumors …

Pickering emulsion gels prepared by hydrogen-bonded zein/tannic acid complex colloidal particles

Y Zou, J Guo, SW Yin, JM Wang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Food-grade colloidal particles and complexes, which are formed via modulation of the
noncovalent interactions between macromolecules and natural small molecules, can be …

Plant‐inspired pyrogallol‐containing functional materials

M Shin, E Park, H Lee - Advanced functional materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pyrogallol‐containing molecules are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. The chemical
synthesis of these molecules remains challenging. Thus, they are obtained via purification …

Integrating antioxidant functionality into polymer materials: fundamentals, strategies, and applications

J Brito, H Hlushko, A Abbott, A Aliakseyeu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While antioxidants are widely known as natural components of healthy food and drinks or as
additives to commercial polymer materials to prevent their degradation, recent years have …

[HTML][HTML] Polyphenol-based particles for theranostics

Q Dai, H Geng, Q Yu, J Hao, J Cui - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Polyphenols, due to their high biocompatibility and wide occurrence in nature, have
attracted increasing attention in the engineering of functional materials ranging from films …