Hydrogels obtained from natural polymers have received widespread attention for their
excellent biocompatible property, nontoxicity, easy gelation, and functionalization …

Biomaterials have had an increasingly important role in recent decades, in biomedical
device design and the development of tissue engineering solutions for cell delivery, drug …

Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-
galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars …

This review presents an updated scenario of findings and evolutions of encapsulation of
bioactive compounds for food and agricultural applications. Many polymers have been …

Hydrogel can provide a favorable moisture environment for skin wound healing. In this
study, a novel in-situ crosslinked injectable hydrogel was prepared using the water-soluble …

Polysaccharides are the most abundant naturally available carbohydrate polymers;
composed of monosaccharide units covalently connected together. Chitosan is the most …

Background As the only natural cationic polysaccharide, chitosan (CH) have several
bioactivities. Moreover, CH was the ideal biomaterial for the preparation of hydrogels that …

Abstract A chitosan-pectin (CS-PEC) biopolymeric hydrogel wound dressing was
investigated for lidocaine delivery. Here we demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of …

Chitin, a polysaccharide that occurs abundantly in nature after cellulose, has attracted the
interest of the scientific community due to its plenty of availability and low cost. Mostly, it is …

Pectin is a polymer with a core of alternating α-1, 4-linked d-galacturonic acid and α-1, 2-l-
rhamnose units, as well as a variety of neutral sugars such as arabinose, galactose, and …