Nowadays, biopolymers as intelligent and active biopolymer systems in the food and
pharmaceutical industry are of considerable interest in their use. With this association in …

Hydrogel is a three-dimensional network polymer material rich in water. It is widely used in
the biomedical field because of its unique physical and chemical properties and good …

Among the various dosage forms, oral medicine has extensive benefits including ease of
administration and patients' compliance, over injectable, suppositories, ocular and nasal …

Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a
pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal …

Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-
galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars …

Probiotics are a promising prevention and treatment strategy for several diseases, such as
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), atopic diseases, acute …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a long-term chronic disease, about 20% of IBD patients
deteriorate to colorectal cancer. Currently, there is no radical cure for IBD. Natural plant …

Fruit processing industries contribute more than 0.5 billion tonnes of waste worldwide. The
global availability of this feedstock and its untapped potential has encouraged researchers …

Natural polysaccharides from different sources have long been studied and widely used in
different areas, such as food and feed, medicine and pharmaceutics, and in papermaking. In …

Colon-specific drug delivery systems (CDDS) are desirable for the treatment of a range of
local diseases such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic …