Dexamethasone: insights into pharmacological aspects, therapeutic mechanisms, and delivery systems

VS Madamsetty, R Mohammadinejad… - ACS biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dexamethasone (DEX) has been widely used to treat a variety of diseases, including
autoimmune diseases, allergies, ocular disorders, cancer, and, more recently, COVID-19 …

Chitosan: A versatile bio-platform for breast cancer theranostics

VS Madamsetty, S Tavakol, S Moghassemi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is considered one of the utmost neoplastic diseases globally, with a high
death rate of patients. Over the last decades, many approaches have been studied to early …

Cellulosic biomass-based sustainable hydrogels for wastewater remediation: chemistry and prospective

S Thakur, A Verma, V Kumar, XJ Yang… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite several technological improvements and achievements, wastewater treatment
remains a serious issue internationally. Toxins in wastewater pose a significant threat to …

Biopolymers for biological control of plant pathogens: Advances in microencapsulation of beneficial microorganisms

R Saberi-Riseh, M Moradi-Pour, R Mohammadinejad… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of biofertilizers, including biocontrol agents such as Pseudomonas and Bacillus in
agriculture can increase soil characteristics and plant acquisition of nutrients and …

Next-generation hydrogels as biomaterials for biomedical applications: exploring the role of curcumin

VS Madamsetty, M Vazifehdoost, SH Alhashemi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the first report on the pharmacological activity of curcumin in 1949, enormous amounts
of research have reported diverse activities for this natural polyphenol found in the dietary …

Sugar beet pulp: Resurgence and trailblazing journey towards a circular bioeconomy

AK Rana, VK Gupta, J Newbold, D Roberts, RM Rees… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The present review article will outline alternative uses of sugar beet pulp residue produced
during the preparation of sugar from sugar beet. Traditionally, sugar beet pulp has been …

Methotrexate-loaded gelatin and polyvinyl alcohol (Gel/PVA) hydrogel as a pH-sensitive matrix

M Akhlaq, AK Azad, I Ullah, A Nawaz, M Safdar… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim was to formulate and evaluate Gel/PVA hydrogels as a pH-sensitive matrix to
deliver methotrexate (MTX) to colon. The primed Gel/PVA hydrogels were subjected to …

Formulation and evaluation of hydrophilic polymer based methotrexate patches: in vitro and in vivo characterization

MS Latif, FF Al-Harbi, A Nawaz, SA Rashid, A Farid… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study attempted to develop and evaluate controlled-release matrix-type transdermal
patches with different ratios of hydrophilic polymers (sodium carboxymethylcellulose and …

Ethyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose blended methotrexate-loaded transdermal patches: in vitro and ex vivo

MS Latif, AK Azad, A Nawaz, SA Rashid, MH Rahman… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDSs) have become innovative, fascinating drug
delivery methods intended for skin application to achieve systemic effects. TDDSs overcome …

Glucosamine-modified mesoporous silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles: a “Raisin-Cake”-like structure as an efficient theranostic platform for targeted methotrexate …

F Farjadian, Z Faghih, M Fakhimi, P Iranpour… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents the synthesis of glucosamine-modified mesoporous silica-coated
magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) as a therapeutic platform for the delivery of an anticancer …