Carrageenan: drug delivery systems and other biomedical applications

EM Pacheco-Quito, R Ruiz-Caro, MD Veiga - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Marine resources are today a renewable source of various compounds, such as
polysaccharides, that are used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, and food fields. In …

Structure-activity relationships of bioactive polysaccharides extracted from macroalgae towards biomedical application: A review

Y Fu, H Jiao, J Sun, CO Okoye, H Zhang, Y Li, X Lu… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Macroalgae are valuable and structurally diverse sources of bioactive compounds among
marine resources. The cell walls of macroalgae are rich in polysaccharides which exhibit a …

Carrageenans for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications: A review

A Jafari, M Farahani, M Sedighi, N Rabiee… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomaterials are considered a substantial building block for tissue engineering, regenerative
medicine, and drug delivery. Despite using both organic and inorganic biomaterials in these …

A propitious role of marine sourced polysaccharides: Drug delivery and biomedical applications

A Sharma, I Kaur, D Dheer, M Nagpal, P Kumar… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous compounds, with extensive applications in biomedical and biotechnological
fields, are present in the oceans, which serve as a prime renewable source of natural …

Recent advances in polymer-based vaginal drug delivery systems

T Osmałek, A Froelich, B Jadach, A Tatarek… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The vagina has been considered a potential drug administration route for centuries. Most of
the currently marketed and investigated vaginal formulations are composed with the use of …

Recent progress in the application of plant-based colloidal drug delivery systems in the pharmaceutical sciences

K Mohammadi, MA Sani, M Azizi-Lalabadi… - Advances in colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential for utilizing plant-derived components, such as plant proteins,
polysaccharides, lipids, and phospholipids, to create targeted drug delivery systems has …

Critical review of synthesis, toxicology and detection of acyclovir

YP Wei, LY Yao, YY Wu, X Liu, LH Peng, YL Tian… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acyclovir (ACV) is an effective and selective antiviral drug, and the study of its toxicology and
the use of appropriate detection techniques to control its toxicity at safe levels are extremely …

Development and characterization of crosslinked k-carrageenan/sericin blend with covalent agents or thermal crosslink for indomethacin extended release

WT Vieira, MGC da Silva… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Modified release of multiparticulate pharmaceutical forms is a key therapeutic strategy to
reduce side effects and toxicity caused by high and repeated doses of immediate-release …

The role of biopolymer-based materials in obstetrics and gynecology applications: A review

F Jummaat, EB Yahya, A Khalil HPS, AS Adnan… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers have gained tremendous attention in many daily life applications, including
medical applications, in the past few years. Obstetrics and gynecology are two fields dealing …

Engineering drug delivery systems to overcome the vaginal mucosal barrier: Current understanding and research agenda of mucoadhesive formulations of vaginal …

B Valamla, P Thakor, R Phuse, M Dalvi, P Kharat… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vaginal drug delivery can help with the treatment and prevention of a wide range of
conditions including bacterial, fungal infections and cancer. The vaginal microenvironment …