Background Sodium alginate (SA) is an anionic polysaccharide with polyhydroxyl and
carboxyl groups. The weak gelation and film-forming properties of SA can be utilized to …

Recently, there is a growing research interest in the applications and development of novel
sustainable hydrogel materials in waste water treatment because of radically distinctive …

Alginates have become an extremely important family of polysaccharides because of their
utility in preparing hydrogels at mild pH and temperature conditions, suitable for sensitive …

Alginate is a natural polysaccharide that is easily chemically modified or compounded with
other components for various types of functionalities. The alginate derivatives are appealing …

This review summarizes results of the recent research on chemical modifications of alginate
that are as yet relatively unexploited commercially. Alginate is a linear, anionic …

Several polymers of both natural and synthetic origin have been used for a variety of
biomedical applications including pharmaceutical preparations, drug targeting, imaging …

Modified alginates have a wide range of applications, including in the manufacture of
dressings and scaffolds used for regenerative medicine, in systems for selective drug …

Functionalizing biopolymers via structural modification is a new trend in biopolymer
research. Alginates and fucoidans are two of the most renowned biopolymers from marine …

Environment-sensitive alginate-based hydrogels for drug delivery applications are receiving
increasing attention. However, most work in this field involves traditional cross-linking …

Sodium alginate is one of the most interesting and the most investigated and applied
biopolymers due to its advantageous properties. Among them, easy, simple, mild, rapid, non …