Polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of natural bioactive agents: recent advances and challenges

M Elmowafy, K Shalaby, MH Elkomy, OA Alsaidan… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, several natural bioactive agents have been widely utilized in the
treatment and prevention of many diseases owing to their unique and versatile therapeutic …

The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)-Derived Compounds in Intestinal Disorders

CS Leite, GA Bonafé, J Carvalho Santos… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) and colorectal cancer
(CRC), are a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Epidemiological data …

Hard, Soft, and Hard-and-Soft Drug Delivery Carriers Based on CaCO3 and Alginate Biomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, Pharmaceutical Applications

Y Huang, L Cao, BV Parakhonskiy, AG Skirtach - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Because free therapeutic drug molecules often have adverse effects on normal tissues,
deliver scanty drug concentrations and exhibit a potentially low efficacy at pathological sites …

Solution blow spun bilayer chitosan/polylactic acid nanofibrous patch with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties for accelerating acne healing

B Yang, B Tang, Z Wang, F Feng, G Wang, Z Zhao… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
The quercetin (QC) loaded chitosan (CS) nanofibrous patch (CS QC) was designed and
fabricated successfully by solution blow spinning (SBS). And it was employed to explore a …

Antioxidant activities of natural polysaccharides and their derivatives for biomedical and medicinal applications

L Bai, D Xu, YM Zhou, YB Zhang, H Zhang, YB Chen… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases
are closely related to in vivo oxidative stress caused by excessive reactive oxygen species …

Incorporating inulin and chitosan in alginate-based microspheres for targeted delivery and release of quercetin to colon

S Liu, Z Fang, K Ng - Food Research International, 2022 - Elsevier
Colon targeted delivery of quercetin by encapsulation has the potential to manage colonic
diseases due to quercetin's pharmacological effects. To strengthen the functionalities of …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in delivering oxidative modulators for disease therapy

W Yang, H Yue, G Lu, W Wang, Y Deng, G Ma, W Wei - Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
Oxidation modulators regarding antioxidants and reactive oxygen species (ROS) inducers
have been used for the treatment of many diseases. However, a systematic review that …

Recent advances in glycyrrhizin metabolism, health benefits, clinical effects and drug delivery systems for efficacy improvement; a comprehensive review

AF Bakr, P Shao, MA Farag - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Glycyrrhizin (GL) is a major active constituent of licorice root (Glycyrrhiza
glabra) that is considered one of the oldest and most frequently employed botanicals in …

pH-Responsive nanogel for photothemal-enhanced chemodynamic antibacterial therapy

S Zhao, Y Xia, Q Lan, Q Wu, X Feng… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) have been widely studied as
treatment alternatives to anbiotics to avoid the occurrence of bacterial resistance because of …

A bibliometric review of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (licorice) research: Insights and future directions

Y Zhang, J Lu, T Chang, X Tang, Q Wang, D Pan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, a Chinese herb
known as licorice, is frequently incorporated in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) …