Cellulose and its derivatives: towards biomedical applications

H Seddiqi, E Oliaei, H Honarkar, J Jin, LC Geonzon… - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
Cellulose is the most abundant polysaccharide on Earth. It can be obtained from a vast
number of sources, eg cell walls of wood and plants, some species of bacteria, and algae …

Recent advancement in isolation, processing, characterization and applications of emerging nanocellulose: A review

MB Noremylia, MZ Hassan, Z Ismail - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of nanocellulose from various natural resources as a promising
nanomaterial has been gaining interest for a wide range application. Nanocellulose serves …

Biopolymer based nanomaterials in drug delivery systems: A review

J Jacob, JT Haponiuk, S Thomas, S Gopi - Materials today chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a
pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocellulose from various biomass wastes: Its preparation and potential usages towards the high value-added products

S Yu, J Sun, Y Shi, Q Wang, J Wu, J Liu - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass waste comes from a wide range of sources, such as forest, agricultural, algae
wastes, as well as other relevant industrial by-products. It is an important alternative energy …

From cellulose to cellulose nanofibrils—a comprehensive review of the preparation and modification of cellulose nanofibrils

T Yi, H Zhao, Q Mo, D Pan, Y Liu, L Huang, H Xu, B Hu… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the preparation methods of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) and the
progress in the research pertaining to their surface modification. Moreover, the preparation …

Cellulose nanofibers and other biopolymers for biomedical applications. A review

J Moohan, SA Stewart, E Espinosa, A Rosal… - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers are materials synthesised or derived from natural sources, such as plants,
animals, microorganisms or any other living organism. The use of these polymers has grown …

Pharmaceutical and biomedical applications of cellulose nanofibers: a review

A Pandey - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
Most actual medicine materials are derived from fossil fuel resources, thus accentuating
pollution and climate change, calling for alternative, sustainable materials. For example …

Pickering emulsion stabilized with fibrous nanocelluloses: Insight into fiber flexibility-emulsifying capacity relations

Y Lu, J Li, L Ge, W Xie, D Wu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Three types of nanocelluloses, including bacterial cellulose (BC), cellulose nanofiber (CNF)
and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), were used to prepare oil-in-water Pickering emulsions …

Nanocellulose in drug delivery and antimicrobially active materials

K Kupnik, M Primožič, V Kokol, M Leitgeb - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, nanocellulose (NC) has also attracted a great deal of attention in drug
delivery systems due to its unique physical properties, specific surface area, low risk of …

Protein-based fiber materials in medicine: a review

KG DeFrates, R Moore, J Borgesi, G Lin, T Mulderig… - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fibrous materials have garnered much interest in the field of biomedical engineering due to
their high surface-area-to-volume ratio, porosity, and tunability. Specifically, in the field of …