Wound healing and antimicrobial effect of active secondary metabolites in chitosan-based wound dressings: A review

A Moeini, P Pedram, P Makvandi, M Malinconico… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wound healing can lead to complex clinical problems, hence finding an efficient approach to
enhance the healing process is necessary. An ideal wound dressing should treat wounds at …

Chitosan on the surface of nanoparticles for enhanced drug delivery: A comprehensive review

MH Elkomy, AA Ali, HM Eid - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability of chitosan (CTS) to promote mucoadhesion, trigger positive/negative surface
interactions, and open tight junctions has inspired researchers to coat lipid-based and …

SLN and NLC for topical, dermal, and transdermal drug delivery

EB Souto, I Baldim, WP Oliveira, R Rao… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction From a biopharmaceutical standpoint, the skin is recognized as an interesting
route for drug delivery. In general, small molecules are able to penetrate the stratum …

Nanoparticles and nanofibers for topical drug delivery

R Goyal, LK Macri, HM Kaplan, J Kohn - Journal of Controlled Release, 2016 - Elsevier
This review provides the first comprehensive overview of the use of both nanoparticles and
nanofibers for topical drug delivery. Researchers have explored the use of nanotechnology …

Chitosan-based nanosystems and their exploited antimicrobial activity

DR Perinelli, L Fagioli, R Campana, JKW Lam… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biodegradable and biocompatible natural polysaccharide that has a wide
range of applications in the field of pharmaceutics, biomedical, chemical, cosmetics, textile …

Chitosan-based nanoparticles as drug delivery systems: a review on two decades of research

S Naskar, K Kuotsu, S Sharma - Journal of drug targeting, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Chitosan (CS) is one of the most functional natural biopolymer widely used in the
pharmaceutical field due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability. These privileges lead …

The newest achievements in synthesis, immobilization and practical applications of antibacterial nanoparticles

M Moritz, M Geszke-Moritz - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is emerging as a new interdisciplinary field combining biology, chemistry,
physics and material science. The review describes recent developments in the synthesis …

Nanoparticle-enabled transdermal drug delivery systems for enhanced dose control and tissue targeting

BC Palmer, LA DeLouise - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Transdermal drug delivery systems have been around for decades, and current
technologies (eg, patches, ointments, and creams) enhance the skin permeation of low …

Utilization of carboxymethyl chitosan in cosmetics

A Jimtaisong, N Saewan - International journal of cosmetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Carboxymethyl chitosan is a chitosan derivative of the most intensively investigated due to
its water solubility in wider pH range compared with the parent compound, thus extended its …

Nanoemulgel for improved topical delivery of retinyl palmitate: formulation design and stability evaluation

MS Algahtani, MZ Ahmad, J Ahmad - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Retinyl palmitate is a vitamin A ester belonging to the family of endogenous natural retinoid
and used to treat various skin disorders like acne, skin aging, wrinkles, and dark spots, as …