Mucoadhesive drug delivery systems are desirable as they can increase the residence time
of drugs at the site of absorption/action, provide sustained drug release and minimize the …

Chitosan is a promising biopolymer for drug delivery systems. Because of its beneficial
properties, chitosan is widely used in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. In this review …

Within the past 20years, a considerable amount of work has been published on chitosan
and its potential use in drug delivery systems. In contrast to all other polysaccharides having …

Nanoparticles have demonstrated significant advancements in potential oral delivery of
insulin. In this publication, we review the current status of polymeric, inorganic and solid-lipid …

Chitosan (CS), a cationic polysaccharide, is widely regarded as a safe and efficient intestinal
absorption enhancer of therapeutic macromolecules, owing to its inherent mucoadhesive …

This review focuses on two formulation approaches, mucoadhesion and thermogelling,
intended for prolonging residence time on vaginal mucosa of medical devices or drug …

Lung cancer has been recognized as one of the most often diagnosed and perhaps most
lethal cancer diseases worldwide. Conventional chemotherapy for lung cancer-related …

Mucosa of the buccal cavity is considered a convenient and easily accessible site for the
administration of drugs intended for both local and systemic delivery. Aiming to optimize the …

Colon-targeted drug delivery systems is an active area of research that is designed to
selectively release the drug in the colonic environment to enhance the oral delivery of active …

This review sets out to describe and discuss the synthetic approaches and the fields of
application of PEGylated chitosan copolymers especially for medical use. The PEGylation of …