Current advancements in chitosan-based film production for food technology; A review

M Mujtaba, RE Morsi, G Kerch, MZ Elsabee… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chitosan is obtained from chitin, which could be considered to be the most abundant
polymer after cellulose. Owing to these properties, chitosan alone or chitosan-based …

Advances in redox-responsive drug delivery systems of tumor microenvironment

X Guo, Y Cheng, X Zhao, Y Luo, J Chen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
With the improvement of nanotechnology and nanomaterials, redox-responsive delivery
systems have been studied extensively in some critical areas, especially in the field of …

Chitin and its derivatives: Structural properties and biomedical applications

SI Ahmad, R Ahmad, MS Khan, R Kant… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitin, a polysaccharide that occurs abundantly in nature after cellulose, has attracted the
interest of the scientific community due to its plenty of availability and low cost. Mostly, it is …

Smart chemistry-based nanosized drug delivery systems for systemic applications: a comprehensive review

T Ramasamy, HB Ruttala, B Gupta, BK Poudel… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the smart chemistry that has been utilized in developing polymer-
based drug delivery systems over the past 10 years. We provide a comprehensive overview …

Polysaccharide‐based controlled release systems for therapeutics delivery and tissue engineering: from bench to bedside

T Miao, J Wang, Y Zeng, G Liu, X Chen - Advanced science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polysaccharides or polymeric carbohydrate molecules are long chains of monosaccharides
that are linked by glycosidic bonds. The naturally based structural materials are widely …

Surface design of magnetic nanoparticles for stimuli-responsive cancer imaging and therapy

T Kang, F Li, S Baik, W Shao, D Ling, T Hyeon - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively studied for their potential
applications to cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, various obstacles limit the use of …

Functionalized chitosan for cancer nano drug delivery

Y Zaiki, A Iskandar, TW Wong - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biotechnological derivative of chitin receiving a widespread pharmaceutical
and biomedical applications. It can be used to encapsulate and deliver cancer therapeutics …

Self-guiding polymeric prodrug micelles with two aggregation-induced emission photosensitizers for enhanced chemo-photodynamic therapy

X Yi, JJ Hu, J Dai, X Lou, Z Zhao, F Xia, BZ Tang - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) with reactive oxygen
species (ROS) generating ability have been used as photosensitizers for imaging guided …

Chitosan nanopolymers: an overview of drug delivery against cancer

R Shanmuganathan, TNJI Edison, F LewisOscar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is becoming a major reason for death troll worldwide due to the difficulty in finding
an efficient, cost effective and target specific method of treatment or diagnosis. The variety of …

Multifunctional and stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for targeted therapeutic delivery

J Majumder, T Minko - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Nanocarrier-based delivery systems offer multiple benefits to overcome
limitations of the traditional drug dosage forms, such as protection of the drug, enhanced …