A review on chitosan and its development as pulmonary particulate anti-infective and anti-cancer drug carriers

RM Rasul, MT Muniandy, Z Zakaria, K Shah… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan, as a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer, is characterized by anti-microbial
and anti-cancer properties. It lately has received a widespread interest for use as the …

Potential of Chitosan and its derivatives for controlled drug release applications–A review

R Safdar, AA Omar, A Arunagiri, I Regupathi… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research on the drug delivery systems exhibited tremendous improvements for
several short life drugs which disappear in few minutes in harsh conditions of the …

Poly (lactic acid)/poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) particulate carriers for pulmonary drug delivery

F Emami, SJ Mostafavi Yazdi, DH Na - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2019 - Springer
Background Pulmonary route is an attractive target for both systemic and local drug delivery,
with the advantages of a large surface area, rich blood supply, and absence of first-pass …

Chitosan nanoparticles loading oxaliplatin as a mucoadhesive topical treatment of oral tumors: Iontophoresis further enhances drug delivery ex vivo

BN Matos, MN Pereira, MO Bravo… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tumors located in the oral mucosa are challenging to treat since surgery can lead to
aesthetic, speech, and salivation problems, radiotherapy alone is often ineffective, and …

Pulmonary drug delivery applications of natural polysaccharide polymer derived nano/micro-carrier systems: A review

A Balde, SK Kim, S Benjakul, RA Nazeer - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Respiratory distress syndrome and pneumothorax are the foremost causes of death as a
result of the changing lifestyle and increasing air pollution. Numerous approaches have …

Besifloxacin liposomes with positively charged additives for an improved topical ocular delivery

GA Dos Santos, R Ferreira-Nunes, LF Dalmolin… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Topical ophthalmic antibiotics show low efficacy due to the well-known physiological
defense mechanisms of the eye, which prevents the penetration of exogenous substances …

Development of electrosprayed mucoadhesive chitosan microparticles

JAS Moreno, AC Mendes, K Stephansen… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
The efficacy of chitosan (CS) to be used as drug delivery carrier has previously been
reported. However, limited work has been pursued to produce stable and mucoadhesive CS …

[HTML][HTML] Recent therapeutic approaches for the management of tuberculosis: Challenges and opportunities

K Patil, S Bagade, S Bonde, S Sharma… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease spread by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is
responsible for highest numbers of death and soon will surpass the deaths caused by HIV …

Essential oils encapsulated in chitosan microparticles against Candida albicans biofilms

LGS Garcia, MG da Rocha, LR Lima, AP Cunha… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to produce and characterize chitosan microparticles loaded with
essential oils (CMEOs), evaluate the essential oil (EO) release profile and the CMEOs' anti …

Development and characterization of chitosan microparticles-in-films for buccal delivery of bioactive peptides

P Batista, P Castro, AR Madureira, B Sarmento… - Pharmaceuticals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, bioactive peptides are used for therapeutic applications and the selection of a
carrier to deliver them is very important to increase the efficiency, absorption, release …