Central nervous system (CNS) disorders affect as many as 1.5 billion people globally. The
limited delivery of most imaging and therapeutic agents into the brain is a major challenge …

Medical applications and biotechnological advances, including magnetic resonance
imaging, cell separation and detection, tissue repair, magnetic hyperthermia and drug …

Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a
pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal …

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 …

Natural polysaccharides are renewable with a high degree of biocompatibility,
biodegradability, and ability to mimic the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) …

Natural cross-linkers are extensively employed due to their low toxicity and biocompatibility
benefits. Genipin acts as a precursor for producing blue colorants. The formation of these …

Starch is one of the most common biodegradable polymers found in nature, and it is widely
utilized in the food and beverage, bioplastic industry, paper industry, textile, and biofuel …

Background Plant polyphenols are considered to be one of the most biologically active
natural ingredients for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases due to their …

Curcumin, commonly used as a coloring agent as well as food additive, has exhibited great
therapeutic efficacy for development of functional foods. In order to expand its applications in …

Highlights•IONP therapeutic activity activated by local heat, ROS, drug release.•IONP
activation controllable by the application of an external source of energy.•IONP can be …