Chitosan derivatives as carriers for drug delivery and biomedical applications

S Manna, A Seth, P Gupta, G Nandi… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, chitosan (CS) has gained the attention of researchers
investigating newer biomaterial-based carriers for drugs in pharmaceutical and biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Ionotropic gelation and chemical crosslinking as methods for fabrication of modified-release gellan gum-based drug delivery systems

P Gadziński, A Froelich, B Jadach, M Wojtyłko… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels have a tridimensional structure. They have the ability to absorb a significant
amount of water or other natural or simulated fluids that cause their swelling albeit without …

Application of gellan gum in pharmacy and medicine

T Osmałek, A Froelich, S Tasarek - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, microbial polysaccharides have been under intense
investigation due to their advantageous physicochemical properties. A great structural …

Active gellan gum/purple sweet potato composite films capable of monitoring pH variations

YC Wei, CH Cheng, YC Ho, ML Tsai, FL Mi - Food Hydrocolloids, 2017 - Elsevier
Purple sweet potato (PSP) is a root crop containing higher levels of certain nutrients
including anthocyanins. PSP anthocyanins are known to have antioxidant activity and many …

Chemical modification of xanthan gum through graft copolymerization: Tailored properties and potential applications in drug delivery and wastewater treatment

B Maji, S Maiti - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Xanthan gum (XG) possesses numerous hydroxyl groups, which are the focal points for graft
copolymerization of synthetic monomers. A detailed mechanism of graft copolymerization is …

[HTML][HTML] Biological role of gellan gum in improving scaffold drug delivery, cell adhesion properties for tissue engineering applications

T Muthukumar, JE Song, G Khang - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, gellan gum (GG) has attracted substantial research interest in
several fields including biomedical and clinical applications. The GG has highly versatile …

Modified biopolymer-dextrin based crosslinked hydrogels: application in controlled drug delivery

D Das, S Pal - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes hydrogels and their classifications along with the synthesis and
properties of biopolymer-dextrin based crosslinked hydrogels and their potential …

Enhanced sequestration of heavy metals from aqueous solution on polyacrylamide grafted with cell@Fe3O4 nanocomposite

R Ahmad, K Ansari, MO Ejaz - Emergent Materials, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Herein, poly (acrylamide)-grafted cell@ Fe3O4 (PAC@ Fe3O4) nanocomposite was
synthesized through the polymerization process of acrylamide polymers oxidative available …

Comparative FTIR characterization of various natural gums: a criterion for their identification

N Thombare, A Mahto, D Singh, AR Chowdhury… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2023 - Springer
Proper identification and differentiation of natural polysaccharides is a very crucial task
owing to some similarities in their appearance and properties. This research presents an …

Gellan gum in drug delivery applications

M Milivojevic, I Pajic-Lijakovic, B Bugarski… - … polysaccharides in drug …, 2019 - Elsevier
The different techniques that enable drug delivery in the desired manner are constantly
investigated and developed to enhance patient compliance and drug efficiency and to …