A review of natural polysaccharides: Sources, characteristics, properties, food, and pharmaceutical applications

I Benalaya, G Alves, J Lopes, LR Silva - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Natural polysaccharides, which are described in this study, are some of the most extensively
used biopolymers in food, pharmaceutical, and medical applications, because they are …

Pectin modifications: a review

J Chen, W Liu, CM Liu, T Li, RH Liang… - Critical reviews in food …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the interest in studying modification of pectin has increased. A number of
hydroxyl and carboxyl groups distributed along the backbone as well as a certain amount of …

[PDF][PDF] Chemistry of pectin and its pharmaceutical uses: A review

P Sriamornsak - Silpakorn University International Journal, 2003 - thaiscience.info
Pectin, a naturally occurring polysaccharide, has in recent years gained increasingly in
importance. The benefits of natural pectin are also more and more appreciated by scientists …

Nanoparticle based insulin delivery system: the next generation efficient therapy for Type 1 diabetes

G Sharma, AR Sharma, JS Nam, GPC Doss… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Diabetic cases have increased rapidly in recent years throughout the world. Currently, for
type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), multiple daily insulin (MDI) injections is the most popular …

Hydrogel control of xylem hydraulic resistance in plants

MA Zwieniecki, PJ Melcher, N Michele Holbrook - science, 2001 - science.org
Increasing concentrations of ions flowing through the xylem of plants produce rapid,
substantial, and reversible decreases in hydraulic resistance. Changes in hydraulic …

Application of pectin in oral drug delivery

P Sriamornsak - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Biopolymers have been used extensively in the pharmaceutical field. Pectin, a
biopolymer, has several unique properties that enable it to be used as an excipient or carrier …

Effective oral delivery of insulin in animal models using vitamin B12-coated dextran nanoparticles

KB Chalasani, GJ Russell-Jones, AK Jain… - Journal of controlled …, 2007 - Elsevier
The potential utility of vitamin B12 carrier system for the oral delivery of conjugated
peptides/proteins and enhancement of nanoparticles (NPs) transport has been …

Pectins as a universal medicine

O Zaitseva, A Khudyakov, M Sergushkina, O Solomina… - Fitoterapia, 2020 - Elsevier
The review outlines the main aspects of the use of pectin polysaccharides in medicine, both
as independent medicinal substances and as a material for creating systems for targeted …

Pectin based multi-particulate carriers for colon-specific delivery of therapeutic agents

S Das - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2021 - Elsevier
In case of colon-specific delivery of therapeutic agents through oral route, microbial/enzyme-
triggered release approach has several advantages over other approaches due to unique …

An overview of natural polymers for oral insulin delivery

TA Sonia, CP Sharma - Drug discovery today, 2012 - Elsevier
Current therapy for diabetes mellitus through oral anti-diabetic drugs and subcutaneous
administration of insulin suffers from serious disadvantages, such as patient noncompliance …