The use of chitosan, alginate, and pectin in the biomedical and food sector—biocompatibility, bioadhesiveness, and biodegradability

GA Martău, M Mihai, DC Vodnar - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, biopolymers as intelligent and active biopolymer systems in the food and
pharmaceutical industry are of considerable interest in their use. With this association in …

Multifunctional hydrogels based on chitosan, hyaluronic acid and other biological macromolecules for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: A review

Y Ouyang, J Zhao, S Wang - International journal of biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogel is a three-dimensional network polymer material rich in water. It is widely used in
the biomedical field because of its unique physical and chemical properties and good …

Pectin and pectin-based composite materials: Beyond food texture

C Lara-Espinoza, E Carvajal-Millán… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Recent development of chitosan-based polyelectrolyte complexes with natural polysaccharides for drug delivery

Y Luo, Q Wang - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2014 - Elsevier
Chitosan, as a unique positively charged polysaccharide, has been one of the most popular
biopolymers for development of drug delivery systems for various applications, due to its …

Clinical translation of advanced colonic drug delivery technologies

A Awad, CM Madla, LE McCoubrey, F Ferraro… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeted drug delivery to the colon offers a myriad of benefits, including treatment of local
diseases, direct access to unique therapeutic targets and the potential for increasing …

Mucoadhesive polymers in the design of nano-drug delivery systems for administration by non-parenteral routes: A review

A Sosnik, J das Neves, B Sarmento - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
The presence of a mucus layer that covers the surface of a variety of organs has been
capitalized to develop mucoadhesive dosage forms that remain in the administration site for …

[HTML][HTML] Degradable lipid nanoparticles with predictable in vivo siRNA delivery activity

KA Whitehead, JR Dorkin, AJ Vegas, PH Chang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
One of the most significant challenges in the development of clinically viable delivery
systems for RNA interference therapeutics is to understand how molecular structures …

Pectins functionalized biomaterials; a new viable approach for biomedical applications: A review

A Noreen, J Akram, I Rasul, A Mansha… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pectins are natural complex heteropolysaccharides, composed of (1, 4)-linked α-d-
galacturonic acid residues and variety of neutral sugars such as rhamnose, galactose and …

Advances in biomedical applications of pectin gels

F Munarin, MC Tanzi, P Petrini - International journal of biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Pectin, due to its simple and cytocompatible gelling mechanism, has been recently exploited
for different biomedical applications including drug delivery, gene delivery, wound healing …

Zein‐based micro‐and nano‐particles for drug and nutrient delivery: A review

Y Luo, Q Wang - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Zein is the major storage protein from corn with strong hydrophobicity and unique solubility
and has been considered as a versatile food biopolymer. Due to the special tertiary …