Chitosan scaffolds: Expanding horizons in biomedical applications

AD Gholap, S Rojekar, HS Kapare… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a natural polysaccharide from chitin, shows promise as a biomaterial for various
biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antibacterial activity …

Biomedical applications of chitosan electrospun nanofibers as a green polymer–Review

K Kalantari, AM Afifi, H Jahangirian, TJ Webster - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
This review outlines new developments in the biomedical applications of environmentally
friendly ('green') chitosan and chitosan-blend electrospun nanofibers. In recent years …

Polymer scaffolds as drug delivery systems

IR Calori, G Braga, PCC de Jesus, H Bi… - European Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug delivery scaffolds are smart alternatives to conventional formulations and allow for
controlled spatiotemporal releases of active compounds. In several fields of human health …

[HTML][HTML] Scaffolds in the microbial resistant era: Fabrication, materials, properties and tissue engineering applications

Á Serrano-Aroca, A Cano-Vicent, RS i Serra… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to microbial infections dramatically affect cell survival and increase the risk of implant
failure, scaffolds produced with antimicrobial materials are now much more likely to be …

Imminent antimicrobial bioink deploying cellulose, alginate, EPS and synthetic polymers for 3D bioprinting of tissue constructs

L Muthukrishnan - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing, one of its kinds has been a recent technological trend to fabricate
complex and patterned biomaterial with controlled precision. With the conventional kick-start …

Competitive biological activities of chitosan and its derivatives: Antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and anti‐inflammatory activities

S Kim - International journal of polymer science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chitosan is obtained from alkaline deacetylation of chitin, and acetamide groups are
transformed into primary amino groups during the deacetylation. The diverse biological …

Biodegradable interbody cages for lumbar spine fusion: current concepts and future directions

M Laubach, P Kobbe, DW Hutmacher - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Lumbar fusion often remains the last treatment option for various acute and chronic spinal
conditions, including infectious and degenerative diseases. Placement of a cage in the …

Polymeric nanofibers for drug delivery applications: a recent review

X Duan, H Chen, C Guo - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2022 - Springer
With the rapid development of biomaterials and biotechnologies, various functional
materials-based drug delivery systems (DDS) are developed to overcome the limitations of …

Recent advances in modification strategies of pre-and post-electrospinning of nanofiber scaffolds in tissue engineering

Z Mohammadalizadeh, E Bahremandi-Toloue… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrospinning tends to be a promising approach to recapitulate biomimetic constructs with
fibrous nature. However, many nanofibers show poor biological interactions with cells and …

A biological functional hybrid scaffold based on decellularized extracellular matrix/gelatin/chitosan with high biocompatibility and antibacterial activity for skin tissue …

J Xu, H Fang, S Zheng, L Li, Z Jiao, H Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) has received widespread attention
due to its diversity in providing the unique structural and functional components to support …