A review on chitosan and its nanocomposites in drug delivery

A Ali, S Ahmed - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan the second most abundant next to cellulose, naturally occurring amino
polysaccharide, derived as a deacetylated form of chitin. Its nontoxic, biocompatible …

Tailor made magnetic nanolights: Fabrication to cancer theranostics applications

P Das, S Ganguly, S Margel, A Gedanken - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles having magnetic and fluorescent properties could be considered as a gift to
materials scientists due to their unique magneto-optical qualities. Multiple component …

Recent developments in natural biopolymer based drug delivery systems

T Fazal, BN Murtaza, M Shah, S Iqbal, M Rehman… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted delivery of drug molecules to diseased sites is a great challenge in pharmaceutical
and biomedical sciences. Fabrication of drug delivery systems (DDS) to target and/or …

Chemical and physical Chitosan modification for designing enzymatic industrial biocatalysts: How to choose the best strategy?

YL Nunes, FL de Menezes, IG de Sousa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is one of the most abundant natural polymer worldwide, and due to its inherent
characteristics, its use in industrial processes has been extensively explored. Because it is …

Iron oxide nanoparticles based magnetic luminescent quantum dots (MQDs) synthesis and biomedical/biological applications: A review

A Tufani, A Qureshi, JH Niazi - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2021 - Elsevier
Combination of quantum dots (QDs) and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) as magnetic
quantum dots (MQDs) has a broad range of applications as multifunctional nanoscale …

Study on the relationship between crosslinking degree and properties of TPP crosslinked chitosan nanoparticles

C Pan, J Qian, C Zhao, H Yang, X Zhao, H Guo - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to reveal the relationship between the degree of crosslinking and the properties of
chitosan nanoparticles, a potassium polyvinyl sulfate (PVSK) titration method was …

A critical review on three dimensional-printed chitosan hydrogels for development of tissue engineering

M Sahranavard, A Zamanian, F Ghorbani… - Bioprinting, 2020 - Elsevier
Among different techniques to produce scaffolds, three-dimensional (3D) printing has
attracted a great deal of attention because of a desirable control to generate customized and …

Bioimaging probes based on magneto-fluorescent nanoparticles

S Ganguly, S Margel - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Novel nanomaterials are of interest in biology, medicine, and imaging applications.
Multimodal fluorescent-magnetic nanoparticles demand special attention because they have …

Chitosan coated graphene oxide incorporated sodium alginate hydrogel beads for the controlled release of amoxicillin

PN Das, KG Raj - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
Biopolymers are crucial in pharmaceuticals, particularly for controlled drug release. In this
study, we loaded the broad-spectrum antibacterial drug amoxicillin into sodium alginate, a …

Metal/metal oxide-carbohydrate polymers framework for industrial and biological applications: Current advancements and future directions

J Aslam, S Zehra, M Mobin, MA Quraishi, C Verma… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, the development and consumption of metal/metal oxide carbohydrate polymer
nanocomposites (M/MOCPNs) are withdrawing significant attention because of their …