Overcoming the blood–brain barrier: the role of nanomaterials in treating neurological diseases

D Furtado, M Björnmalm, S Ayton, AI Bush… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Therapies directed toward the central nervous system remain difficult to translate into
improved clinical outcomes. This is largely due to the blood–brain barrier (BBB), arguably …

Drug delivery systems and materials for wound healing applications

S Saghazadeh, C Rinoldi, M Schot, SS Kashaf… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chronic, non-healing wounds place a significant burden on patients and healthcare
systems, resulting in impaired mobility, limb amputation, or even death. Chronic wounds …

Biopolymer-liposome hybrid systems for controlled delivery of bioactive compounds: Recent advances

C Tan, J Wang, B Sun - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional liposomes still face many challenges associated with the poor physical and
chemical stability, considerable loss of encapsulated cargo, lack of stimulus responsiveness …

Chitosan-based smart hybrid materials: A physico-chemical perspective

G Cavallaro, S Micciulla, L Chiappisi… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chitosan is one of the most studied cationic polysaccharides. Due to its unique
characteristics of being water soluble, biocompatible, biodegradable, and non-toxic, this …

[HTML][HTML] Nanosystems for the encapsulation of natural products: The case of chitosan biopolymer as a matrix

A Detsi, E Kavetsou, I Kostopoulou, I Pitterou… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a cationic natural polysaccharide, which has emerged as an increasingly
interesting biomaterialover the past few years. It constitutes a novel perspective in drug …

Liposomes for delivery of antioxidants in cosmeceuticals: Challenges and development strategies

V Van Tran, JY Moon, YC Lee - Journal of controlled release, 2019 - Elsevier
Antioxidants (AOs) play a crucial role in the protection and maintenance of health and are
also integral ingredients in beauty products. Unfortunately, most of them are sensitive due to …

Amelioration of cancer employing chitosan, its derivatives, and chitosan-based nanoparticles: recent updates

T Virmani, G Kumar, A Sharma, K Pathak, MS Akhtar… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The limitations associated with the conventional treatment of cancer have necessitated the
design and development of novel drug delivery systems based mainly on nanotechnology …

[HTML][HTML] Liposome-polymer complex for drug delivery system and vaccine stabilization

AK Umar, N Wathoni, JH Zothantluanga, S Das… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Liposomes have been used extensively as micro-and nanocarriers for hydrophobic or
hydrophilic molecules. However, conventional liposomes are biodegradable and quickly …

Curcumin: recent advances in the development of strategies to improve oral bioavailability

KZ Sanidad, E Sukamtoh, H **ao… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Substantial human and preclinical studies have shown that curcumin, a dietary compound
from turmeric, has a variety of health-promoting effects including but not limited to …

Improved bioavailability of curcumin in liposomes prepared using a pH-driven, organic solvent-free, easily scalable process

C Cheng, S Peng, Z Li, L Zou, W Liu, C Liu - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The poor water solubility and bioavailability of curcumin can be improved by encapsulating it
into liposomes. However, the existing encapsulation technologies, such as the thin film …