Customizing nano-chitosan for sustainable drug delivery

M Saeedi, O Vahidi, MR Moghbeli, S Ahmadi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural polymer with acceptable biocompatibility, biodegradability, and
mechanical stability; hence, it has been widely appraised for drug and gene delivery …

Preparation and application of pH-responsive drug delivery systems

H Ding, P Tan, S Fu, X Tian, H Zhang, X Ma… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microenvironment-responsive drug delivery systems (DDSs) can achieve targeted drug
delivery, reduce drug side effects and improve drug efficacies. Among them, pH-responsive …

The use of chitosan-based composites for environmental remediation: A review

MA Ahmed, AA Mohamed - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of hazardous pollutants in water sources as a result of industrial activities is a
major environmental challenge that impedes the availability of safe drinking water …

Chitosan-coated nanostructured lipid carriers for transdermal delivery of tetrahydrocurcumin for breast cancer therapy

TH Truong, KP Alcantara, BPI Bulatao… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan (Ch)-coated nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) have great potential for
transdermal delivery with high localization of chemotherapeutics in breast cancer. This study …

Current advances in chitosan nanoparticles based oral drug delivery for colorectal cancer treatment

H Choukaife, S Seyam, B Alallam… - International journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
As per the WHO, colorectal cancer (CRC) caused around 935,173 deaths worldwide in 2020
in both sexes and at all ages. The available anticancer therapies including chemotherapy …

Potential of curcumin and niacin-loaded targeted chitosan coated liposomes to activate autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma cells: An in vitro evaluation in HePG2 …

NAN Hanafy, RF Sheashaa, EA Moussa… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to activate autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma for the
enhancement of its cellular degradation. Liposomes incorporated chitosan in the core used …

Self-assembled chitosan-insulin oral nanoparticles—A critical perspective review

MS Chellathurai, CL Yong, ZM Sofian… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is an abundant natural cationic polysaccharide with excellent biodegradability,
bioadhesion, and biocompatibility. Chitosan is extensively researched for various particulate …

Chitosan-based oral colon-specific delivery systems for polyphenols: recent advances and emerging trends

S Chen, H Zhu, Y Luo - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Oral colon-targeted delivery systems (OCDSs) have attracted great attention in the delivery
of active compounds targeted to the colon for the treatment of colon and non-colon diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Natural biopolymers as smart coating materials of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery

B Dumontel, V Conejo-Rodríguez, M Vallet-Regí… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the functionalization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with
different types of responsive pore gatekeepers have shown great potential for the …

Sustainable biodegradable biopolymer-based nanoparticles for healthcare applications

N Kučuk, M Primožič, Ž Knez, M Leitgeb - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biopolymeric nanoparticles are gaining importance as nanocarriers for various biomedical
applications, enabling long-term and controlled release at the target site. Since they are …