Fabrication of alginate microspheres for drug delivery: A review

NTT Uyen, ZAA Hamid, NXT Tram, N Ahmad - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alginate microspheres (AMs) have received much attention as a novel drug delivery system
owing to various advantages of alginate such as inexpensiveness, nontoxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Sodium alginate—Natural microencapsulation material of polymeric microparticles

OD Frent, LG Vicas, N Duteanu, CM Morgovan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
From the multitude of materials currently available on the market that can be used in the
development of microparticles, sodium alginate has become one of the most studied natural …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation and characteristics of alginate microparticles for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications

A Łętocha, M Miastkowska, E Sikora - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alginates are the most widely used natural polymers in the pharmaceutical, food and
cosmetic industries. Usually, they are applied as a thickening, gel-forming and stabilizing …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted delivery of probiotics: perspectives on research and commercialization

KS Yoha, S Nida, S Dutta, JA Moses… - Probiotics and …, 2022 - Springer
Considering the significance of the gut microbiota on human health, there has been ever-
growing research and commercial interest in various aspects of probiotic functional foods …

[HTML][HTML] Current trends in advanced alginate-based wound dressings for chronic wounds

A Barbu, B Neamtu, M Zăhan, GM Iancu… - Journal of personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic wounds represent a major public health issue, with an extremely high cost
worldwide. In healthy individuals, the wound healing process takes place in different stages …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-in-micro alginate/chitosan hydrogel via electrospray technology for orally curcumin delivery to effectively alleviate ulcerative colitis

C Zhang, X Wang, M Xiao, J Ma, Y Qu, L Zou, J Zhang - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Although nano-systems can promote the cellular internalization, polymeric nanoparticles
(NPs) are easily to be destroyed or eliminated in the gastrointestinal tract, which leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating wind erosion of sand using biopolymer-assisted EICP technique

A Almajed, K Lemboye, MG Arab, A Alnuaim - Soils and Foundations, 2020 - Elsevier
A study was conducted to stabilize An Nafud desert sand against wind-induced erosion
employing enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) assisted by a sodium alginate …

Effect of chitosan-alginate encapsulation with inulin on survival of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG during apple juice storage and under simulated gastrointestinal …

H Gandomi, S Abbaszadeh, A Misaghi, S Bokaie… - LWT-Food Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study the effects of encapsulation with alginate and chitosan, with or without
inulin, on viability of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in apple juice during 90 days …

[HTML][HTML] Probiotics in functional foods: survival assessment and approaches for improved viability

J Palanivelu, S Thanigaivel, S Vickram, N Dey… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, food is no longer just for nutrition. Consumers are more demanding and expect
to get health benefits from their daily meals. Various areas of the food industry are in great …

Electrosprayed mucoadhesive alginate-chitosan microcapsules for gastrointestinal delivery of probiotics

LP Ta, E Bujna, S Kun, D Charalampopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Besides viability protection, a sufficiently prolonged gastrointestinal retention of probiotics
has emerged as critically important in improving the functional effectiveness of …