[HTML][HTML] Pullulan hydrogels as drug release platforms in biomedicine

MO Teixeira, E Marinho, C Silva, JC Antunes… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is increasingly urgent to develop new therapeutic systems to combat the spreading and
evolution of various pathologies globally. Nonspecific therapies and/or insufficient …

Pullulan: A novel molecule for biomedical applications

RS Singh, N Kaur, V Rana, JF Kennedy - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pullulan is an imperative natural polymer produced commercially by yeast like fungus
Aureobasidium pullulans. It is non-toxic, non-immunogenic, non-carcinogenic and non …

Polysaccharide-based self-assembling nanohydrogels: An overview on 25-years research on pullulan

F Alhaique, P Matricardi, C Di Meo, T Coviello… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this overview is to review the evolution of the studies carried out, during more
than 25 years, on nanohydrogels obtained by self-assembling of pullulan (PUL) using …

[PDF][PDF] Pullulan as a promising biomaterial for biomedical applications: a perspective

MR Rekha, CP Sharma - Trends Biomater Artif Organs, 2007 - researchgate.net
Pullulan is a non-ionic exopolysaccharide of fungal origin and is currently exploited in the
food industry due to its many unique characteristics. Due to its non-toxic, non-immunogenic …

Drug delivery systems using pullulan, a biocompatible polysaccharide produced by fungal fermentation of starch

AG Grigoras - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2019 - Springer
Advanced drug delivery systems are now designed with biodegradable, biocompatible and
non-toxic materials such as polysaccharides. Pullulan is a polysaccharide consisting of …

Pullulan in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical formulations: A review

RS Singh, N Kaur, D Singh, SS Purewal… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pullulan, an α-glucan polysaccharide, is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-carcinogenic,
highly biocompatible, edible and biodegradable in nature. The long chains of …

Research progress of self-assembled nanogel and hybrid hydrogel systems based on pullulan derivatives

T Zhang, R Yang, S Yang, J Guan, D Zhang, Y Ma… - Drug …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polymer nano-sized hydrogels (nanogels) as drug delivery carriers have been investigated
over the last few decades. Pullulan, a nontoxic and nonimmunogenic hydrophilic …

Pullulan-based nanoparticles: Future therapeutic applications in transmucosal protein delivery

A Grenha, S Rodrigues - Therapeutic delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Pullulan has been increasingly described as matrix-forming material of drug and gene
nanocarriers [5, 7, 13–17]. The most common characteristic of these carriers is the use of …

Synthesis and characterization of a non-cytotoxic and biocompatible acrylamide grafted pullulan–Application in pH responsive controlled drug delivery

SR Soni, N Kumari, BK Bhunia, B Sarkar… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of present study was to develop a pH responsive rate controlling polymer by
acrylamide grafting onto pullulan. Grafting was performed using free radical induced …

The role of microbial pullulan, a biopolymer in pharmaceutical approaches: A review

B Mishra, S Vuppu, K Rath - Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical …, 2011 - japsonline.com
The article presents an overview of the latest advances in investigations and application of
the pullulan from microbes (Auriobasidium sps.) and its derivatives in the biomedical and …