Alginate is an edible heteropolysaccharide that abundantly available in the brown seaweed
and the capsule of bacteria such as Azotobacter sp. and Pseudomonas sp. Owing to …

Wound healing can lead to complex clinical problems, hence finding an efficient approach to
enhance the healing process is necessary. An ideal wound dressing should treat wounds at …

Conventional drug delivery system generally deals with the issues involving repeated
dosing and systemic toxicities. Since few decades, hydrogels have played a significant role …

Alginate is a biopolymer used in a variety of biomedical applications due to its favourable
properties, such as biocompatibility and non-toxicity. It has been particularly attractive in …

Currently, diabetes mellitus (DM) accelerated diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) remains vivacious
health problem related with delayed healing and high amputation rates which leads to …

The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes is becoming an
imminent global public health problem. Local application of antibiotics might be a solution. In …

The increase in the research interest on alginate microparticles in pharmaceutical and
biomedical areas confirms its potential use as an effective matrix for drug and cell delivery …

Hydrogels produced from a single polymer show several disadvantages to biomedical
applications. Binary and ternary blends of chitosan, gelatin, and polyvinyl alcohol can lead …

Aims Oral mucosal diseases can lead to pain, difficulty speaking and eating, psychological
distress, and cancer. Topical drug delivery using biological macromolecules, specifically …

Hydrogels are a three-dimensional and crosslinked network of hydrophilic polymers. They
can absorb a large amount of water or biological fluids, which leads to their swelling while …