Sustainable polysaccharide-based materials for intelligent packaging

Y Wang, K Liu, M Zhang, T Xu, H Du, B Pang… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike traditional food packaging which is mainly used to enhance food quality and provide
consumers with product descriptions, intelligent packaging, as a novel type of food …

Altered glycosylation in cancer: A promising target for biomarkers and therapeutics

D Thomas, AK Rathinavel, P Radhakrishnan - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glycosylation is a well-regulated cell and microenvironment specific post-translational
modification. Several glycosyltransferases and glycosidases orchestrate the addition of …

[HTML][HTML] Biomaterials from the sea: Future building blocks for biomedical applications

M Wan, W Qin, C Lei, Q Li, M Meng, M Fang, W Song… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine resources have tremendous potential for developing high-value biomaterials. The
last decade has seen an increasing number of biomaterials that originate from marine …

Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives

EVR Campos, PLF Proença, JL Oliveira, M Bakshi… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent decades have witnessed major growth in the use of agrochemicals worldwide,–for
maximizing the food production for a rapidly growing human population. However, the …

A review on the biosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles (gold and silver) using bio-components of microalgae: Formation mechanism and applications

PD Shankar, S Shobana, I Karuppusamy… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2016 - Elsevier
The synthesis of nanoparticles (NP) using algae has been underexploited and even
unexplored. In recent times, there are few reports on the synthesis of NP using algae, which …

Carrier-free nanodrugs for safe and effective cancer treatment

S Karaosmanoglu, M Zhou, B Shi, X Zhang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Clinical applications of many anti-cancer drugs are restricted due to their hydrophobic
nature, requiring use of harmful organic solvents for administration, and poor selectivity and …

Polysaccharide based nanogels in the drug delivery system: Application as the carrier of pharmaceutical agents

TA Debele, SL Mekuria, HC Tsai - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2016 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide-based nanoparticles have fascinated attention as a vesicle of different
pharmaceutical agents due to their unique multi-functional groups in addition to their …

The essentials of marine biotechnology

A Rotter, M Barbier, F Bertoni, AM Bones… - Frontiers In marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

Potential applications of nanocellulose-containing materials in the biomedical field

N Halib, F Perrone, M Cemazar, B Dapas, R Farra… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Because of its high biocompatibility, bio-degradability, low-cost and easy availability,
cellulose finds application in disparate areas of research. Here we focus our attention on the …

Nanogels as drug carriers–Introduction, chemical aspects, release mechanisms and potential applications

S Shah, N Rangaraj, K Laxmikeshav… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanogels, also known as next generation drug delivery systems are in the limelight of the
research owing to their advantages like high loading, tunability of size, stimuli …