Advancements in nanofibers for wound dressing: A review

RS Ambekar, B Kandasubramanian - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic wound healing is an intricate time-consuming process (healing time∼ 12 weeks),
susceptible to external biological attack such as bacteria (eg E. coli, B. subtilis, S. aureus …

Electrospun nanofibers for drug delivery applications: Methods and mechanism

MM Abdul Hameed… - Polymers for …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning procedures such as blend electrospinning, coaxial electrospinning, and
emulsion electrospinning have been used for the fabrication of electrospun nanofibers …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of biopolymeric electrospun nanofibers based on polysaccharides for wound healing management

AT Iacob, M Drăgan, OM Ionescu, L Profire, A Ficai… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, despite the thoroughgoing scientific research carried out in the area of wound
healing management, the treatment of skin injuries, regardless of etiology remains a big …

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 …

Recent advances in natural polymer-based hydroxyapatite scaffolds: Properties and applications

JA Lett, S Sagadevan, I Fatimah, ME Hoque… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
New materials that mimic natural bone properties, matching functional, mechanical, and
biological properties have been continuously developed to rehabilitate bone defects …

Nanofibers for biomedical and healthcare applications

R Rasouli, A Barhoum, M Bechelany… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Unique features of nanofibers provide enormous potential in the field of biomedical and
healthcare applications. Many studies have proven the extreme potential of nanofibers in …

Electrospun nanofibers as dressings for chronic wound care: advances, challenges, and future prospects

M Abrigo, SL McArthur… - Macromolecular bioscience, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic non‐healing wounds show delayed and incomplete healing processes and in turn
expose patients to a high risk of infection. Treatment currently focuses on dressings that …

Recent progress in the industrial and biomedical applications of tragacanth gum: A review

EN Zare, P Makvandi, FR Tay - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural polymers have distinct advantages over synthetic polymers because of their
abundance, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Tragacanth gum, an anionic …

Electrospun nanofiber/hydrogel composite materials and their tissue engineering applications

M Zhang, S Xu, R Wang, Y Che, C Han, W Feng… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofiber/hydrogel composites combine the excellent biochemical properties of
hydrogel with the biomimetic nature of electrospun fibers, and have attracted widespread …

Antibacterial performance and in vivo diabetic wound healing of curcumin loaded gum tragacanth/poly (ε-caprolactone) electrospun nanofibers

M Ranjbar-Mohammadi, S Rabbani… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study we describe the potential of electrospun curcumin-loaded poly (ε-
caprolactone)(PCL)/gum tragacanth (GT)(PCL/GT/Cur) nanofibers for wound healing in …