Pectin, due to its simple and cytocompatible gelling mechanism, has been recently exploited
for different biomedical applications including drug delivery, gene delivery, wound healing …

Polymers have been widely used in agriculture for applications including controlled release
of pesticides and other active ingredients. The ability to predict their delivery helps avoid …

This paper briefly introduces the preparation and application of flavour and essential oils
microcapsules based on complex coacervation technology. The conventional encapsulating …

Chinese water chestnut peels are a kind of vegetable processing waste containing many
active components such as polysaccharides, the structure of which remains unknown. To …

Cell microcarriers and microcapsules have presented a wide range of potential applications.
This article overviews their role in biotechnology with focus on the progress accomplished …

There is a clear and urgent clinical need to develop soft tissue fillers that outperform the
materials currently used for adipose tissue reconstruction. Recently, extensive research has …

To modulate cell adhesion and to improve the biodegradability of pectin for cell
immobilization, two possible approaches of functionalization were investigated: oxidation …

This work addresses the establishment and characterization of gellan gum: pectin (GG: P)
biodegradable mucoadhesive beads intended for the colon-targeted delivery of resveratrol …

Tragacanth gum (TG) is a natural gum whose biomedical applications are limited because of
the low water solubility and the possibility to form only weak water‐insoluble gels. An …

Polysaccharide based semi interpenetrating hydrogel (SIH) networks of cross-linked poly
(acrylamide) was synthesised through an redox initiating free radical polymerization utilizing …