[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in chitosan-based applications—a review

C Thambiliyagodage, M Jayanetti, A Mendis… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan derived from chitin has gathered much interest as a biopolymer due to its known
and possible broad applications. Chitin is a nitrogen-enriched polymer abundantly present …

Nanoparticle-based drug delivery system: the magic bullet for the treatment of chronic pulmonary diseases

S Pramanik, S Mohanto, R Manne… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chronic pulmonary diseases encompass different persistent and lethal diseases, including
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), cystic …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing use of theranostic nanoparticles as a life-saving strategy for treating COVID-19 patients

R Itani, M Tobaiqy, A Al Faraj - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
On the 30 th of January 2020, the World Health Organization fired up the sirens against a
fast spreading infectious disease caused by a newly discovered Severe Acute Respiratory …

A review on chitosan and its development as pulmonary particulate anti-infective and anti-cancer drug carriers

RM Rasul, MT Muniandy, Z Zakaria, K Shah… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan, as a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer, is characterized by anti-microbial
and anti-cancer properties. It lately has received a widespread interest for use as the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent biomedical approaches for chitosan based materials as drug delivery nanocarriers

AT Iacob, FG Lupascu, M Apotrosoaei, IM Vasincu… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on nanotechnology have been
attracting substantial interest in the pharmaceutical field, especially those developed based …

Functionalised penetrating peptide-chondroitin sulphate‑gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and applications as an anti-Alzheimer's disease drug

Y Feng, X Li, D Ji, J Tian, Q Peng, Y Shen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to construct a transmembrane peptide-chondroitin sulphate‑
gold nanoparticle (TAT-CS@ Au) delivery system and investigate its activity as an anti …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targeting of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)

NEM Kaufman, S Dhingra, SD Jois, MGH Vicente - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
(VEGFR) are two extensively studied membrane-bound receptor tyrosine kinase proteins …

Antiproliferative effects of boswellic acid-loaded chitosan nanoparticles on human lung cancer cell line A549

N Solanki, M Mehta, DK Chellappan… - Future medicinal …, 2020 - Future Science
Aim: In the present study boswellic acids-loaded chitosan nanoparticles were synthesized
using ionic gelation technique. The influence of independent variables were studied and …

Synthesis and characterization of nano-chitosan capped gold nanoparticles with multifunctional bioactive properties

K Saravanakumar, AVA Mariadoss… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work synthesized nano-chitosan capped gold nanoparticles (CS-AuNPs) and
tested its bioactivities. The fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) exhibited …

Solid lipid nanoparticles containing anti-tubercular drugs attenuate the Mycobacterium marinum infection

S Khatak, M Mehta, R Awasthi, KR Paudel, SK Singh… - Tuberculosis, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to formulate anti-tubercular drugs (Rifampicin, Isoniazid and
Pyrazinamide) loaded solid lipid nanoparticles (ATDs-SLNs) using microemulsion technique …