[HTML][HTML] Bacterial exopolysaccharides as emerging bioactive macromolecules: from fundamentals to applications

N Kaur, P Dey - Research in microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are extracellular carbohydrate polymers forming
capsules or slimy coating around the cells. EPS can be secreted by various bacterial genera …

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 …

Biopolymers and composites: Properties, characterization and their applications in food, medical and pharmaceutical industries

GP Udayakumar, S Muthusamy, B Selvaganesh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymers have occupied an indispensable role in almost all types of industries for their
immense physical and mechanical characteristics, mainly in food, packaging …

Present and future medical applications of microbial exopolysaccharides

M Moscovici - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) have found outstanding medical applications since the
mid-20th century, with the first clinical trials on dextran solutions as plasma expanders. Other …

Review on production, downstream processing and characterization of microbial pullulan

KR Sugumaran, V Ponnusami - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pullulan, one of the commercially important microbial exopolysaccharides, is produced by
the yeast like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans. It is non-mutagenic, non-toxic, non …

Pullulan for advanced sustainable body-and skin-contact applications

MB Coltelli, S Danti, K De Clerck, A Lazzeri… - Journal of Functional …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The present review had the aim of describing the methodologies of synthesis and properties
of biobased pullulan, a microbial polysaccharide investigated in the last decade because of …

Recent insights on applications of pullulan in tissue engineering

RS Singh, N Kaur, V Rana, JF Kennedy - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is a recently emerging line of act which assists the regeneration of
damaged tissues, unable to self-repair themselves and in turn, enhances the natural healing …

[HTML][HTML] A review on anticancer applications of pullulan and pullulan derivative nanoparticles

SA Ganie, LJ Rather, Q Li - Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of the widespread study on anticancer delivery systems, various difficulties still
persist on how to produce a suitable vehicle or carrier that can deliver anticancer agents to …

Polysaccharide‐coated magnetic nanoparticles for imaging and gene therapy

S Uthaman, SJ Lee, K Cherukula… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Today, nanotechnology plays a vital role in biomedical applications, especially for the
diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Among the many different types of fabricated …

Effect of plasticizers on the physico-mechanical properties of pullulan based pharmaceutical oral films

PR Vuddanda, M Montenegro-Nicolini… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effect of different plasticizers (glycerol, vitamin E TPGS and triacetin) and their
concentrations on the physico-mechanical properties of pullulan based oral films was …