Alginate as a promising biopolymer in drug delivery and wound healing: A review of the state-of-the-art

MAS Abourehab, RR Rajendran, A Singh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biopolymeric nanoparticulate systems hold favorable carrier properties for active delivery.
The enhancement in the research interest in alginate formulations in biomedical and …

Hydrogel-based commercial products for biomedical applications: A review

S Cascone, G Lamberti - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks, able to absorb large amount of water,
increasing their volume and showing a plethora of different material behaviors. Since their …

[HTML][HTML] Thin films as an emerging platform for drug delivery

S Karki, H Kim, SJ Na, D Shin, K Jo, J Lee - Asian journal of pharmaceutical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical scientists throughout the world are trying to explore thin films as a novel
drug delivery tool. Thin films have been identified as an alternative approach to conventional …

Cellulose-based hydrogels as sustained drug-delivery systems

DE Ciolacu, R Nicu, F Ciolacu - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels, three-dimensional (3D) polymer networks, present unique properties, like
biocompatibility, biodegradability, tunable mechanical properties, sensitivity to various …

Biopolymer-based biomaterials for accelerated diabetic wound healing: A critical review

SA Shah, M Sohail, S Khan, MU Minhas… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Non-healing, chronic wounds place a huge burden on healthcare systems as well as
individual patients. These chronic wounds especially diabetic wounds will ultimately lead to …

The role of nanotechnology in the treatment of viral infections

L Singh, HG Kruger, GEM Maguire… - Therapeutic …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with viruses in particular
making global impact on healthcare and socioeconomic development. In addition, the rapid …

Alginate-based hydrogels as drug delivery vehicles in cancer treatment and their applications in wound dressing and 3D bioprinting

F Abasalizadeh, SV Moghaddam, E Alizadeh… - Journal of biological …, 2020 - Springer
Hydrogels are a three-dimensional and crosslinked network of hydrophilic polymers. They
can absorb a large amount of water or biological fluids, which leads to their swelling while …

Carboxymethyl cellulose-based oral delivery systems

S Javanbakht, A Shaabani - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
For administration of therapeutic agents, the oral route is favored since it is comfortable to
patients and also requires a reduced cost. Recently, a considerable amount of work has …

Pharmaceutical applications of cellulose ethers and cellulose ether esters

HC Arca, LI Mosquera-Giraldo, V Bi, D Xu… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellulose ethers have proven to be highly useful natural-based polymers, finding application
in areas including food, personal care products, oil field chemicals, construction, paper …

Genipin-crosslinked catechol-chitosan mucoadhesive hydrogels for buccal drug delivery

J Xu, S Strandman, JXX Zhu, J Barralet, M Cerruti - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Drug administration via buccal mucosa is an attractive drug delivery strategy due to good
patient compliance, prolonged localized drug effect, and avoidance of gastrointestinal drug …