Nowadays, there are still numerous challenges for well-known biomedical applications,
such as tissue engineering (TE), wound healing and controlled drug delivery, which must be …

Plant secondary metabolites are unique sources for pharmaceuticals, food additives, flavors,
and other industrial materials. Accumulation of such metabolites often occurs in plants …

Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides a
fundamental overview of natural polysaccharides, their sources, extraction methodologies …

Gels derived from single networks of natural polymers (biopolymers) typically exhibit limited
physical properties and thus have seen constrained applications in areas like food and …

Natural polysaccharides have gained much interest because of the immense
pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical usage such as thickening, binding, gelling, suspending …

Recent research and developments in the field of biopolymers direct the successful
formulations of various novel and smart drug delivery devices with enhanced therapeutic …

Polymers are available in three forms: one is natural polymers and others are semi-synthetic
and synthetic polymers. The synthetic polymers are obtained mainly from petroleum oil and …

Gum arabic is a natural polysaccharidic gum, which is extracted from Acacia nilotica,
belonging to the family, Leguminosae. Its molecular structure is very complex. It contains …

Polysaccharides extracted from various natural resources such as plants, animals, fungus,
seaweeds, etc., are gaining increasing attention. These offer some unique advantages like …

The biopolymeric hydrogels are being employed as the promising carriers for delivery of
numerous kinds of drug candidates. Hydrogel systems are capable of absorbing higher …