Smart hydrogels for advanced drug delivery systems

A Bordbar-Khiabani, M Gasik - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the last few decades, the development of smart hydrogels, which can respond to
stimuli and adapt their responses based on external cues from their environments, has …

Recent advances of stimuli-responsive polysaccharide hydrogels in delivery systems: A review

Y Zhang, L Dong, L Liu, Z Wu, D Pan… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels obtained from natural polymers have received widespread attention for their
excellent biocompatible property, nontoxicity, easy gelation, and functionalization …

Structure-activity relationships of bioactive polysaccharides extracted from macroalgae towards biomedical application: A review

Y Fu, H Jiao, J Sun, CO Okoye, H Zhang, Y Li, X Lu… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Macroalgae are valuable and structurally diverse sources of bioactive compounds among
marine resources. The cell walls of macroalgae are rich in polysaccharides which exhibit a …

Transformer hydrogels: a review

O Erol, A Pantula, W Liu… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels, which are hydrophilic soft porous networks, are an important class of materials of
broad relevance to bioanalytical chemistry, soft‐robotics, drug delivery, and regenerative …

A review on latest innovations in natural gums based hydrogels: Preparations & applications

S Ahmad, M Ahmad, K Manzoor, R Purwar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prospective uses of natural gum polysaccharides in various aspects of food, water,
energy, biotechnology, environment and medicine industries, have garnered a great deal of …

Rational design of smart hydrogels for biomedical applications

Y Zhang, Y Huang - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hydrogels are polymeric three-dimensional network structures with high water content. Due
to their superior biocompatibility and low toxicity, hydrogels play a significant role in the …

Graphene quantum dot cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposite hydrogel for pH-sensitive oral anticancer drug delivery with potential bioimaging …

R Rakhshaei, H Namazi, H Hamishehkar… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were introduced as a novel and safe crosslinker for
carboxymethyl cellulose to make biodegradable and biocompatible hydrogels. The casting …

[HTML][HTML] Marine-derived drugs: Recent advances in cancer therapy and immune signaling

AFUH Saeed, J Su, S Ouyang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
The marine environment is an enormous source of marine-derived natural products (MNPs),
and future investigation into anticancer drug discovery. Current progress in anticancer drugs …

The structural characteristics of seaweed polysaccharides and their application in gel drug delivery systems

H Zhong, X Gao, C Cheng, C Liu, Q Wang, X Han - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, researchers across various fields have shown a keen interest in the
exploitation of biocompatible natural polymer materials, especially the development and …

Polysaccharide-based transdermal drug delivery

J Li, H Xiang, Q Zhang, X Miao - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Materials derived from natural plants and animals have great potential for transdermal drug
delivery. Polysaccharides are widely derived from marine, herbal, and microbial sources …