Infectious diseases are a major driver of morbidity and mortality globally. Treatment of
malaria, tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection are particularly …

This review discusses different forms of nanomaterials generated from chitosan and its
derivatives for controlled drug delivery. Nanomaterials are drug carriers with multiple …

Chitosan is obtained from chitin that in turn is recovered from marine crustacean wastes. The
recovery methods and their varying types and the advantages of the recovery methods are …

The development of vaccines plays a vital role in the effective control of several fatal
diseases. However, effective prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines have yet to be …

For more than one hundred years, several treatments against malaria have been proposed
but they have systematically failed, mainly due to the occurrence of drug resistance in part …

Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium species, claims more than
400,000 lives globally each year. The increasing drug resistance of the parasite renders the …

Chitosan is one of the most environmental purification functional natural polysaccharides
that can successfully prohibit the reproduction and growth of harmful Gram-negative and …

The current decline in antimalarial drug efficacy due to the evolution of resistant Plasmodium
strains calls for new strategies capable of improving the bioavailability of antimalarials …

Natural or synthetic polymeric films have gained increasing interest in biomedical research
due to biocompatibility. In this respect, a nanocomposite film has been developed using the …

This review presents materials characterizing sulfated polysaccharides (SPS) of marine
hydrobionts (algae and invertebrates) as potential means for the prevention and treatment of …