Commercial hydrogels for biomedical applications

SH Aswathy, U Narendrakumar, I Manjubala - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Hydrogels are polymeric networks having the ability to absorb a large volume of water.
Flexibility, versatility, stimuli-responsive, soft structure are the advantages of hydrogels. It is …

Chemical and physical chitosan hydrogels as prospective carriers for drug delivery: A review

B Tian, S Hua, Y Tian, J Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the advancement of medical research, the source and preparation of biological
materials have gradually attracted attention. Hydrogels prepared from natural …

A double-network polysaccharide-based composite hydrogel for skin wound healing

Y He, Y Li, Y Sun, S Zhao, M Feng, G Xu, H Zhu… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Effective wound dressings are of great significance in preventing infections and promoting
wound healing. However, most existing hydrogel dressings have an inadequacy in either …

Advances in porous chitosan-based composite hydrogels: Synthesis and applications

ES Dragan, MV Dinu - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) as the only polycation coming from renewable resources is endowed with
intrinsic valuable properties, such as: biocompatibility, biodegradability, low cost, easy …

Carboxymethyl konjac glucomannan-chitosan complex nanogels stabilized double emulsions incorporated into alginate hydrogel beads for the encapsulation …

X Ding, Y Xu, Y Wang, L Xie, S Liang, D Li, Y Wang… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we developed (W 1/O/W 2) double emulsions encapsulated by calcium-
alginate hydrogel beads system (ACGs) for intestinal-targeted delivery of probiotics …

[HTML][HTML] Newly crosslinked chitosan-and chitosan-pectin-based hydrogels with high antioxidant and potential anticancer activity

M Dziadek, K Dziadek, S Salagierski… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monoaldehydes, due to natural origin and therapeutic activity, have attracted great attention
for their ability to crosslink chitosan hydrogels for biomedical applications. However, most …

Silver loaded hydroxyethylacryl chitosan/sodium alginate hydrogel films for controlled drug release wound dressings

J Chalitangkoon, M Wongkittisin… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound dressings composed of hydroxyethylacryl chitosan (HC) and sodium alginate (SA)
were developed with antibacterial activity by loading Ag particles. The formation of Ag …

Designing chitosan based eco-friendly multifunctional soil conditioner systems with urea controlled release and water retention

MM Iftime, GL Ailiesei, E Ungureanu, L Marin - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper reports new soil conditioner systems obtained by in situ hydrogelation of chitosan
with salicylaldehyde in the presence of urea fertilizer, designed to address both fertilization …

A review on hydrogels classification and recent developments in biomedical applications

RD Kasai, D Radhika, S Archana… - … Journal of Polymeric …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A single because of their distinctive traits, hydrogels have become the most preferred
materials for biomedical applications today. Hydrogels are three-dimensional hydrophilic …

The physical and chemical properties of hydrogels based on natural polymers

B Kaczmarek, K Nadolna, A Owczarek - Hydrogels based on natural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are three-dimensional networks which are highly swellable. Natural polymers are
interesting compounds due to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and …