Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) as a Potential Functional Food Source of Mucilage and Bioactive Compounds with Technological Applications and Health Benefits

TL Dantas, FC Alonso Buriti, ER Florentino - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abelmoschus esculentus has fruit popularly known as okra and belongs to the Malvaceae
family. It is commonly used in cooking but also in traditional medicine in the treatment of …

A comprehensive review on pharmaceutical uses of plant-derived biopolysaccharides

PR Guru, RK Kar, AK Nayak, S Mohapatra - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biopolysaccharides extracted from plants are mainly photosynthetic byproducts found in
leaves, pods, stems, fruits, grains, seeds, corms, rhizomes, roots, bark exudates, and other …

[BOOK][B] Natural polysaccharides in drug delivery and biomedical applications

MS Hasnain, AK Nayak - 2019 - books.google.com
Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides a
fundamental overview of natural polysaccharides, their sources, extraction methodologies …

Sodium alginate-based drug delivery for diabetes management: A review

MAJ Shaikh, G Gupta, O Afzal, MM Gupta… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is among the biggest global health problems of the 21st century,
which is characterised by insufficient insulin secretion and results in the augmentation of …

Gum tragacanth-sodium alginate active coatings containing epigallocatechin gallate reduce hydrogen peroxide content and inhibit lipid and protein oxidations of large …

J Pei, J Mei, G Wu, H Yu, J **e - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The active coatings supplemented with epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)(0.16%, 0.32%, and
0.64%, respectively) combined with superchilling storage (− 3±0.2° C) were used to reduce …

Alginate-based hydrogel systems for drug releasing in wound healing

M Kurakula, GSNK Rao, V Kiran, MS Hasnain… - Alginates in Drug …, 2020 - Elsevier
In a daily life, wounds on skin and tissues due to several reasons are quite common and
hence the pathophysiology of wound healing is extensively reported in the literature. The …

Novel pH-sensitive alginate hydrogel delivery system reinforced with gum tragacanth for intestinal targeting of nutraceuticals

A Apoorva, AP Rameshbabu, S Dasgupta… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study utilizes the novel combination of Gum tragacanth (GT) and sodium
alginate (SA) to reinforce SA hydrogel beads. The composite hydrogel beads were …

Biodegradable polymer matrix nanocomposites for bone tissue engineering

MS Hasnain, SA Ahmad, N Chaudhary… - … materials in orthopedics, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence of bone disorder is continually increasing worldwide. Tissue engineering
and regenerative medicines are being used in research as an alternative for tissue …

Swelling and drug release behavior of metformin HCl-loaded tamarind seed polysaccharide-alginate beads

AK Nayak, D Pal, K Santra - International journal of biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper describes the preparation, characterization, in vitro swelling and in vitro drug
release of metformin HCl-loaded tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP)-alginate beads were …

Isolation and characterization of Linum usitatisimum polysaccharide to prepare mucoadhesive beads of diclofenac sodium

MS Hasnain, P Rishishwar, S Rishishwar, S Ali… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present research deals with the usefulness of isolated linseed polysaccharide (LP) as
polymeric-blends with an anionic polymer, sodium alginate to prepare ionotropically cross …