Latest advances on bacterial cellulose‐based materials for wound healing, delivery systems, and tissue engineering

T Carvalho, G Guedes, FL Sousa… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a nanocellulose form produced by some nonpathogenic bacteria.
BC presents unique physical, chemical, and biological properties that make it a very …

Bacterial cellulose-based composites as vehicles for dermal and transdermal drug delivery: a review

S Mohammadi, F Jabbari, V Babaeipour - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, a significant amount of drugs have been taken orally, which are not as
effective as desired. To solve this problem, bacterial cellulose-based dermal/transdermal …

Edible, Ultrastrong, and microplastic‐free bacterial cellulose‐based straws by biosynthesis

HB Yang, ZX Liu, CH Yin, ZM Han… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of disposable plastic straws cause serious environmental problems
and poses potential threats to human health, while paper straws, their most used …

Preparation and characterization of chitosan/bacterial cellulose composite biodegradable films combined with curcumin and its application on preservation of …

X Liu, Y Xu, W Liao, C Guo, M Gan, Q Wang - Food Packaging and Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
We provided in detail a simple and environmentally-friendly method to prepare a
biodegradable composite film using chitosan (CS) and bacterial cellulose (BC) with …

The biomedical potential of cellulose acetate/polyurethane nanofibrous mats containing reduced graphene oxide/silver nanocomposites and curcumin: Antimicrobial …

E Esmaeili, T Eslami-Arshaghi, S Hosseinzadeh… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, nanofibrous scaffolds were prepared from polyurethane and cellulose acetate
using electrospinning. Reduced graphene oxide/silver nanocomposites, rGO/Ag, were also …

Fabrication of bacterial cellulose-curcumin nanocomposite as a novel dressing for partial thickness skin burn

W Sajjad, F He, MW Ullah, M Ikram… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The current study aimed to fabricate curcumin-loaded bacterial cellulose (BC-Cur)
nanocomposite as a potential wound dressing for partial thickness burns by utilizing the …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-stabilized Pickering emulsion for improved curcumin storage stability

YZ Aw, HP Lim, LE Low, CKS Singh, ES Chan, BT Tey - LWT, 2022 - Elsevier
Curcumin is a bioactive supplement known to have many medical benefits. However, it has
low bioavailability due to its insolubility in aqueous solution and rapid degradation profile. In …

Development and characterization of chitosan/bacterial cellulose/pullulan bilayer film with sustained release curcumin

M Gan, C Guo, W Liao, X Liu, Q Wang - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
A natural biopolymer bilayer film based on chitosan and bacterial cellulose with a protective
layer of pullulan was developed by a two-step solution casting method. Curcumin was …

Curcumin-loaded bacterial cellulose/alginate/gelatin as a multifunctional biopolymer composite film

N Chiaoprakobkij, T Suwanmajo, N Sanchavanakit… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multifunctional biopolymer composites comprising mechanically-disintegrated bacterial
cellulose, alginate, gelatin and curcumin plasticized with glycerol were successfully …

Enhanced anti-cancer activity by localized delivery of curcumin form PVA/CNCs hydrogel membranes: preparation and in vitro bioevaluation

Y Hussein, SA Loutfy, EA Kamoun… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study targets to develop curcumin-loaded polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanocrystals
(PVA/CNCs) membrane as localized delivery system for breast/liver cancer. A novel strategy …