Polysaccharides are the most abundant naturally available carbohydrate polymers;
composed of monosaccharide units covalently connected together. Chitosan is the most …

Cancer is the second worldwide cause of death, exceeded only by cardiovascular diseases.
It is characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation and an absence of cell death that, except …

Biopolymers are materials obtained from a natural origin, such as plants, animals,
microorganisms, or other living beings; they are flexible, elastic, or fibrous materials …

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is widely used in anticancer drug delivery, since it is biocompatible,
biodegradable, non-toxic, and non-immunogenic; moreover, HA receptors are …

Polymeric nanostructured materials (PNMs), which are polymeric materials in nanoscale or
polymer composites containing nanomaterials, have become increasingly useful for …

The polysaccharide-based advanced drug delivery system owing to their biocompatibility,
ability to encapsulate the drug molecules in their interspaces, and ability to achieve a …

Despite the rapid developments in nanotechnology and biomaterials, the efficient delivery of
chemotherapeutic agents is still challenging. Prodrug-based nanoassemblies have many …

Polysaccharides contain different functional groups (such as hydroxyl, amino, carboxylic
acid, aldehydes) that make them ideal for conjugation. They are biodegradable …

The use of marine-origin polysaccharides has increased in recent research because they
are abundant, cheap, biocompatible, and biodegradable. These features motivate their …

Adagen, an enzyme replacement treatment for adenosine deaminase deficiency, was the
first protein-polymer conjugate to be approved in early 1990 s. Post this regulatory approval …