Several factors, such as bacterial infections, underlying conditions, malnutrition, obesity,
ageing, and smoking are the most common issues that cause a delayed process of wound …

Infections are one of the main concerns of our era due to antibiotic-resistant infections and
the increasing costs in the health-care sector. Within this context, antimicrobial polymers …

Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides a
fundamental overview of natural polysaccharides, their sources, extraction methodologies …

The different techniques that enable drug delivery in the desired manner are constantly
investigated and developed to enhance patient compliance and drug efficiency and to …

Gellan gum is an anionic linear polysaccharide well known for its use as a multi-functional
gelling, stabilising and suspending agent in a variety of foods and personal care products. In …

Great efforts have been made to develop suitable bioactive constructs that release growth
factors (GFs) in a controlled manner for tissue-regeneration applications. Platelet lysates …

Nowadays, polyelectrolytes play an essential role in the development of new materials.
Their use allows creating new properties of materials and surfaces and vary them in a wide …

The utilization of natural gum polysaccharides as the vehicle for drug delivery systems and
other biomedical applications has increased in recent decades. Their biocompatibility …

The demand for advanced wound care products is rapidly increasing nowadays. In this
study, gellan gum/collagen (GG/C) hydrogel films containing gatifloxacin (GAT) were …

The production of an amine derivative of gellan gum, named GG-EDA, was here obtained by
functionalizing the polysaccharide backbone with pendant ethylenediamine moieties. The …