Over the last decades, alginates, natural multifunctional polymers, have increasingly drawn
attention as attractive compounds in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields due to their …

Oxidized alginate (OA)-based hydrogels have drawn considerable attention as
biodegradable materials for tissue engineering applications. OA possesses a faster …

Natural occurring polymers, or biopolymers, represent a huge part of our planet biomass.
They are formed by long chains of monomers of the same type or a combination of different …

Alginate is a biomaterial that has found numerous applications in biomedical science and
engineering due to its favorable properties, including biocompatibility and ease of gelation …

Natural polymers, based on proteins or polysaccharides, have attracted increasing interest
in recent years due to their broad potential uses in biomedicine. The chemical stability …

A range of enteric polymers is used in pharmaceutical industry for developing gastro-
resistant formulations. It is generally implied that these coatings are interchangeable due to …

Because of its ideal degradation rate and features, oxidized alginate (OA) is selected as an
appropriate substitute and has been introduced into hydrogels, microspheres, 3D …

Aceclofenac-loaded alginate/gellan gum microspheres for prolonged aceclofenac release
were prepared through maleic anhydride-induced unsaturated esterification. The drug …

Alginate is a biopolymer that can be crosslinked with calcium ions to fabricate
cytocompatible hydrogels. However, using calcium ions to crosslink alginate provides …

The efficacy of stem cell-based bone tissue engineering has been hampered by cell death
and limited fate control. A smart cell culture system with the capability of sequentially …