Review for carrageenan-based pharmaceutical biomaterials: Favourable physical features versus adverse biological effects

J Liu, X Zhan, J Wan, Y Wang, C Wang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Carrageenan (CRG) is a family of natural polysaccharides derived from seaweeds and has
widely been used as food additives. In the past decade, owing to its attractive …

Recent advances in exploiting carrageenans as a versatile functional material for promising biomedical applications

F Liu, G Duan, H Yang - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Carrageenans are a group of biopolymers widely found in red seaweeds. Commercial
carrageenans have been traditionally used as emulsifiers, stabilizers, and thickening and …

Carrageenans for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications: A review

A Jafari, M Farahani, M Sedighi, N Rabiee… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomaterials are considered a substantial building block for tissue engineering, regenerative
medicine, and drug delivery. Despite using both organic and inorganic biomaterials in these …

Carrageenan and its applications in drug delivery

L Li, R Ni, Y Shao, S Mao - Carbohydrate polymers, 2014 - Elsevier
Carrageenan is a sulphated linear polysaccharide of D-galactose and 3, 6-anhydro-D-
galactose obtained by extraction of certain red seaweeds of the Rhodophyceae class. The …

Carrageenan: drug delivery systems and other biomedical applications

EM Pacheco-Quito, R Ruiz-Caro, MD Veiga - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Marine resources are today a renewable source of various compounds, such as
polysaccharides, that are used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, and food fields. In …

Carrageenan: A wonder polymer from marine algae for potential drug delivery applications

D Qureshi, SK Nayak, S Maji, D Kim… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: With the advancement in the field of medical science, the idea of sustained
release of the therapeutic agents in the patient's body has remained a major thrust for …

Carrageenan based hydrogels for drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound healing

R Yegappan, V Selvaprithiviraj, S Amirthalingam… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carrageenan is a class of naturally occurring sulphated polysaccharides, which is currently
a promising candidate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as it resemblances …

A review of property enhancement techniques for carrageenan-based films and coatings

BB Sedayu, MJ Cran, SW Bigger - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Carrageenan, a polysaccharide extracted from marine algae, is becoming increasingly
regarded as a promising renewable biomaterial that has strong potential as a substitute for …

Insight on structure-property relationships of carrageenan from marine red algal: A review

JL Jiang, WZ Zhang, WX Ni, JW Shao - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Carrageenan (CRG) is a kind of linear sulfated polysaccharide that emerging as a promising
substituent in food, pharmaceutics, and cosmetics. In recent years, biological properties of …

Current and emerging applications of carrageenan in the food industry

T Udo, G Mummaleti, A Mohan, RK Singh… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carrageenan, a polysaccharide derived from red algae, has a long history of use as a food
additive in food. Carrageenan comes in three classes, κ-, ι-, and λ-carrageenan, with …