A review on synthesis, properties and applications of natural polymer based carrageenan blends and composites

KM Zia, S Tabasum, M Nasif, N Sultan, N Aslam… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carrageenan is a natural polysaccharide extracted from edible red seaweeds of
Rhodophycea class. It has been used as a viscosity increasing or gelling agent for …

[HTML][HTML] Seaweed polysaccharide based products and materials: an assessment on their production from a sustainability point of view

NA Chudasama, RA Sequeira, K Moradiya, K Prasad - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Among the various natural polymers, polysaccharides are one of the oldest biopolymers
present on the Earth. They play a very crucial role in the survival of both animals and plants …

Construction of double network hydrogels using agarose and gallic acid with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties for wound healing

W Gong, R Wang, H Huang, Y Hou, X Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gallic acid (GA) has attracted extensive attention due to its excellent health benefits. Our
recent work demonstrated that GA could be self-assembled into hydrogels. However, the …

Smart fluorescent polysaccharides: Recent developments and applications

DC Novo, KJ Edgar - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are ubiquitous, generally benign in nature, and compatible with many
tissues in biomedical situations, making them appealing candidates for new materials such …

Investigation on the composition of agarose–collagen i blended hydrogels as matrices for the growth of spheroids from breast cancer cell lines

A Quarta, N Gallo, D Vergara, L Salvatore, C Nobile… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems mimic the structural complexity of the tissue
microenvironment and are gaining increasing importance as they resemble the extracellular …

Design polysaccharides of marine origin: chemical modifications to reach advanced versatile compounds

N Chopin, X Guillory, P Weiss, JL Bideau… - Current Organic …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Polysaccharides are among the most abundant macromolecules on Earth. These polymers
are easily obtained from various marine resources such as algae, microorganisms and …

A non-hydrolytic sol–gel synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/TiO2 microsphere photocatalysts

PTN Nguyen, C Salim, W Kurniawan, H Hinode - Catalysis Today, 2014 - Elsevier
Reduced graphene oxide/TiO 2 microspheres were produced by a non-hydrolytic sol–gel
reaction of tetrabutyl orthotitanate and acetone followed by hydrothermal treatment. In the …

pH/temperature‐responsive poly (dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) grafted κ‐carrageenan copolymer: Synthesis and physicochemical properties

G Geyik, N Işıklan - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract κ‐Carrageenan‐graft‐poly (dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)(CRG‐g‐PDMA) was
synthesized via free‐radical copolymerization under microwave irradiation. 13C‐Nuclear …

Non-toxic agarose/gelatin-based microencapsulation system containing gallic acid for antifungal application

PL Lam, R Gambari, SHL Kok… - International …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Aspergillus niger (A. niger) is a common species of Aspergillus molds. Cutaneous
aspergillosis usually occurs in skin sites near intravenous injection and approximately 6% of …

Functional modification mediated value addition of seaweed polysaccharides–a perspective

AK Siddhanta, ND Sanandiya, DR Chejara… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A diverse array of functionally modified seaweed polysaccharide derivatives were prepared,
which would be described in this account principally based on the reports published by us …