Chronic skin wounds affect more than 40 million patients globally and represent a severe
growing burden for the healthcare systems, with annual costs expected to exceed $15 …

Spherification methods to produce particles of millimetric size are detailed in this review,
especially for encapsulation purpose and using alginate. Therefore, alginate properties and …

Tissue engineering has emerged as an interesting field nowadays; it focuses on
accelerating the auto-healing mechanism of tissues rather than organ transplantation. It …

Pectin, a non-starch polysaccharide, is isolated as a byproduct from agro-processing and
has numerous applications in the pharmaceutical sector, such as drug delivery, wound …

There is a growing demand for biomaterials developing with novel properties for biomedical
applications hence, hydrogels with 3D crosslinked polymeric structures obtained from …

Pectin has been regarded as a drug carrier accelerating the healing process due to its
bioactivities, abundance and lower cost of resources. However, a big challenge related to its …

Natural biopolymers (carbohydrates and proteins) are the family of natural polymers that are
widely used in wound healing. This is due to their biocompatibility and their chemical …

A wound can be surgical cuts from an operation or due to accident and trauma. The infected
wound, as a result of bacteria growth within the damaged skin, interrupts the natural wound …

In this study, four HG-type pectins were obtained using hydrochloric acid extraction (HA-HP),
citric acid extraction (CA-HP), ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UA-HP), and microwave …

(1) Background: Chitosan-gelatin-based thermosensitive hydrogel containing 5FU-alginate
nanoparticles was formulated for the effective and sustained delivery of 5FU to the skin.(2) …