Pharmaceutical and drug delivery applications of pectin and its modified nanocomposites

WM Kedir, EM Deresa, TF Diriba - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Due to their natural availability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, nontoxicity, flexibility, as
well as improved structural and functional characteristics, pectin and pectin-based …

Natural and synthetic clay minerals in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields

C Nomicisio, M Ruggeri, E Bianchi, B Vigani… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clay minerals are historically among the most used materials with a wide variety of
applications. In pharmaceutical and biomedical fields, their healing properties have always …

Rapidly degrading and mussel-inspired multifunctional carboxymethyl chitosan/montmorillonite hydrogel for wound hemostasis

Y Ouyang, Y Zhao, X Zheng, Y Zhang, J Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The conventional method of using montmorillonite hemostatic materials affects the
hemostatic effect due to easy dislodgement on the wound surface. In this paper, a …

Removal of oxytetracycline from pharmaceutical wastewater using kappa carrageenan hydrogel

M Afzaal, R Nawaz, S Hussain, M Nadeem… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigated the adsorption of Oxytetracycline (OTC) from pharmaceutical
wastewater using a kappa carrageenan based hydrogel (KPB). The aim of the present study …

Fibrous clays in dermopharmaceutical and cosmetic applications: traditional and emerging perspectives

L Cao, W Xie, H Cui, Z Xiong, Y Tang, X Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Functionalization of natural clay minerals for high value-added pharmaceutical and cosmetic
applications receives significant research attention worldwide attributable to a rising …

Clay-based nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications: a review

C Tipa, MT Cidade, JP Borges, LC Costa, JC Silva… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, new and improved materials have been developed with a significant
interest in three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds that can cope with the diverse needs of the …

Enhanced dye sequestration with natural polysaccharides-based hydrogels: A review

F Majeed, A Razzaq, S Rehmat, I Azhar… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the expansion of industrial activities, the concentration of dyes in water has been
increasing. The dire need to remove these pollutants from water has been heavily …

Nanocomposite pectin fibers incorporating folic acid-decorated carbon quantum dots

SZH Kiadeh, A Ghaee, F Pishbin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pectin has recently attracted increasing attention as an alternative biomaterial commonly
used in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. It shows several promising properties …

Sodium ampicillin release from biocompatible hydrogel with enhanced antibacterial characteristics

H Andlib, M Shafiq, A Sabir - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The goal of this research is to develop an intelligent carrier that can control the release of
medications in response to particular triggers. A novel carrier was created by combining …

An ecofriendly pectin-co-montmorillonite composite hydrogel for the separation of contaminant metal ions from water

JG Ribeiro, RM Raimondi, AG de Souza… - Journal of Water …, 2025 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the synthesis, characterization, and sorption
performance of ecofriendly pectin-co-montmorillonite composite hydrogels for the separation …