Structures, properties and applications of alginates

R Abka-Khajouei, L Tounsi, N Shahabi, AK Patel… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alginate is a hydrocolloid from algae, specifically brown algae, which is a group that
includes many of the seaweeds, like kelps and an extracellular polymer of some bacteria …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

MTT Thi, D Wibowo, BHA Rehm - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen causing devastating acute
and chronic infections in individuals with compromised immune systems. Its highly notorious …

Industrial biotechnology of Pseudomonas putida: advances and prospects

A Weimer, M Kohlstedt, DC Volke, PI Nikel… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Pseudomonas putida is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that can be encountered in
diverse ecological habitats. This ubiquity is traced to its remarkably versatile metabolism …

Alginate-based nanomaterials: Fabrication techniques, properties, and applications

IPS Fernando, WW Lee, EJ Han, G Ahn - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Alginate is a biopolymer extensively utilized in numerous applications. Hydrogel forming
property, chemical structure with hydroxyl and carboxylate moieties, biocompatibility …

Alginate: Enhancement strategies for advanced applications

A Hurtado, AAA Aljabali, V Mishra… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alginate is an excellent biodegradable and renewable material that is already used for a
broad range of industrial applications, including advanced fields, such as biomedicine and …

Alginate oligosaccharides: Production, biological activities, and potential applications

J Liu, S Yang, X Li, Q Yan… - … Reviews in Food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alginate, a group of polyuronic saccharides, has been widely used in both pharmaceutical
and food industries due to its unique physicochemical properties as well as beneficial health …

Sodium alginate and alginic acid as pharmaceutical excipients for tablet formulation: Structure-function relationship

NM Sanchez-Ballester, B Bataille, I Soulairol - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Alginic acid and its sodium salt are well-accepted pharmaceutical excipients fulfilling several
roles in the development of solid oral dosage forms. Although they have attractive …

Bacterial exopolysaccharides: biosynthesis pathways and engineering strategies

J Schmid, V Sieber, B Rehm - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Bacteria produce a wide range of exopolysaccharides which are synthesized via different
biosynthesis pathways. The genes responsible for synthesis are often clustered within the …

Alginate derivatization: A review of chemistry, properties and applications

SN Pawar, KJ Edgar - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Alginates have become an extremely important family of polysaccharides because of their
utility in preparing hydrogels at mild pH and temperature conditions, suitable for sensitive …

Applications of alginate microspheres in therapeutics delivery and cell culture: Past, present and future

D Dhamecha, R Movsas, U Sano, JU Menon - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymers are the backbone of pharmaceutical drug delivery. There are several polymers
with varying properties available today for use in different pharmaceutical applications …