Recent advances in biodegradable polymers–properties, applications and future prospects

C Mukherjee, D Varghese, JS Krishna… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers with biodegradable properties are termed as the future “green materials”
possessing a shorter lifetime compared to synthetic polymeric materials. Though naturally …

Carrageenan: drug delivery systems and other biomedical applications

EM Pacheco-Quito, R Ruiz-Caro, MD Veiga - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Marine resources are today a renewable source of various compounds, such as
polysaccharides, that are used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, and food fields. In …

Cervical cancer screening: past, present, and future

SL Bedell, LS Goldstein, AR Goldstein… - Sexual medicine …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the
developing world. New technologies have been developed to allow for more rapid, cost …

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans and viral attachment: true receptors or adaptation bias?

V Cagno, ED Tseligka, ST Jones, C Tapparel - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) are composed of unbranched, negatively charged
heparan sulfate (HS) polysaccharides attached to a variety of cell surface or extracellular …

Diverse applications of marine macroalgae

A Leandro, L Pereira, AMM Gonçalves - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
The aim of this paper is to review the multiplicity of the current uses of marine macroalgae.
Seaweeds are already used in many products and for different purposes, from food products …

Inhibitory activities of marine sulfated polysaccharides against SARS-CoV-2

S Song, H Peng, Q Wang, Z Liu, X Dong, C Wen… - Food & Function, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread around the world at an unprecedented rate. In the …

Carrageenan based hydrogels for drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound healing

R Yegappan, V Selvaprithiviraj, S Amirthalingam… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carrageenan is a class of naturally occurring sulphated polysaccharides, which is currently
a promising candidate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as it resemblances …

Antiviral activity of sulfated polysaccharides from marine algae and its application in combating COVID-19: Mini review

N Hans, A Malik, S Naik - Bioresource technology reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine-derived sulfated polysaccharides possess various antiviral activities against a broad
range of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. It has become the potential source of …

Application prospect of polysaccharides in the development of anti-novel coronavirus drugs and vaccines

X Chen, W Han, G Wang, X Zhao - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2
virus, it has spread rapidly worldwide and poses a great threat to public health. This is the …

Marine polysaccharides from algae with potential biomedical applications

MF de Jesus Raposo, AMB De Morais… - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
There is a current tendency towards bioactive natural products with applications in various
industries, such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetics and food. This has put some …