Biopolymers based aerogels: A review on revolutionary solutions for smart therapeutics delivery

HPSA Khalil, EB Yahya, F Jummaat, AS Adnan… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biopolymers-based aerogels have gained the attention of many scientists in medical and
pharmaceutical applications. Biopolymers-based aerogels are utilized extensively in the …

Alginate-based nanocarriers for the delivery and controlled-release of bioactive compounds

A Karim, A Rehman, J Feng, A Noreen… - Advances in colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alginate-based nanocarriers are propitious vehicles used for the delivery of bioactive
compounds (bioactives). In this area, calcium alginate and sodium alginate are the most …

Biomedical applications of chitosan and its derivative nanoparticles

D Zhao, S Yu, B Sun, S Gao, S Guo, K Zhao - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a biodegradable natural polymer with many advantages such as nontoxicity,
biocompatibility, and biodegradability. It can be applied in many fields, especially in …

Polymeric nanocapsules as nanotechnological alternative for drug delivery system: current status, challenges and opportunities

S Deng, MR Gigliobianco, R Censi, P Di Martino - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer-based nanocapsules have been widely studied as a potential drug delivery system
in recent years. Nanocapsules—as one of kind nanoparticle—provide a unique …

Recent developments in natural biopolymer based drug delivery systems

T Fazal, BN Murtaza, M Shah, S Iqbal, M Rehman… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Removal of various pollutants from water and wastewater by modified chitosan adsorbents

J Wang, S Zhuang - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Chitosan-based adsorbents have attracted increasing attention in water and wastewater
treatment in recent years due to its abundance and low price, as well as rich amino and …

Advanced technologies for the extraction of marine brown algal polysaccharides

A Dobrinčić, S Balbino, Z Zorić, S Pedisić… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the years, brown algae bioactive polysaccharides laminarin, alginate and fucoidan
have been isolated and used in functional foods, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical …

Alginate nanoparticles for drug delivery and targeting

P Severino, CF da Silva, LN Andrade… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Nanotechnology refers to the control, manipulation, study and manufacture of structures and
devices at the nanometer size range. The small size, customized surface, improved solubility …

pH-Responsive carriers for oral drug delivery: challenges and opportunities of current platforms

L Liu, WD Yao, YF Rao, XY Lu, JQ Gao - Drug Delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Oral administration is a desirable alternative of parenteral administration due to the
convenience and increased compliance to patients, especially for chronic diseases that …

Emerging theranostic nanomaterials in diabetes and its complications

Y Liu, S Zeng, W Ji, H Yao, L Lin, H Cui… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes mellitus (DM) refers to a group of metabolic disorders that are characterized by
hyperglycemia. Oral subcutaneously administered antidiabetic drugs such as insulin …