[HTML][HTML] Smart/stimuli-responsive hydrogels: Cutting-edge platforms for tissue engineering and other biomedical applications

HM El-Husseiny, EA Mady, L Hamabe, A Abugomaa… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, biomedicine and tissue regeneration have emerged as great advances that
impacted the spectrum of healthcare. This left the door open for further improvement of their …

Biopolymers based aerogels: A review on revolutionary solutions for smart therapeutics delivery

HPSA Khalil, EB Yahya, F Jummaat, AS Adnan… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biopolymers-based aerogels have gained the attention of many scientists in medical and
pharmaceutical applications. Biopolymers-based aerogels are utilized extensively in the …

The use of chitosan, alginate, and pectin in the biomedical and food sector—biocompatibility, bioadhesiveness, and biodegradability

GA Martău, M Mihai, DC Vodnar - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Casein and pectin: Structures, interactions, and applications

LI Liang, Y Luo - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Proteins and polysaccharides are the most abundant biomaterials and often
present together in food and biological systems. The exploitation of protein-polysaccharide …

[HTML][HTML] Pectin and pectin-based composite materials: Beyond food texture

C Lara-Espinoza, E Carvajal-Millán… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Microencapsulating polymers for probiotics delivery systems: Preparation, characterization, and applications

S Razavi, S Janfaza, N Tasnim, DL Gibson, M Hoorfar - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
Probiotics are a promising prevention and treatment strategy for several diseases, such as
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), atopic diseases, acute …

Pectin as a rheology modifier: Origin, structure, commercial production and rheology

SY Chan, WS Choo, DJ Young, XJ Loh - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pectins are a diverse family of biopolymers with an anionic polysaccharide backbone of α-1,
4-linked d-galacturonic acids in common. They have been widely used as emulsifiers …

Recent advancement of biopolymers and their potential biomedical applications

MC Biswas, B Jony, PK Nandy, RA Chowdhury… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, the advantages of biopolymers over conventional plastic polymers are
unprecedented, provided that they are used in situations in which they raise the functionality …

Advances in the pectin production process using novel extraction techniques: A review

LR Adetunji, A Adekunle, V Orsat, V Raghavan - Food Hydrocolloids, 2017 - Elsevier
The heteropolysaccharide known as pectin has found a myriad of functional and nutritive
uses within the food and, increasingly, in other related industries. Extraction is a critical unit …

Optimization and characterization of pectin extracted from sour orange peel by ultrasound assisted method

SS Hosseini, F Khodaiyan, M Kazemi… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a Box-Behnken design (BBD) with three variables (ultrasound power, irradiation
time and pH) in three levels was applied for pectin extraction optimization. The optimization …