Recent advances in chitosan-based applications—a review

C Thambiliyagodage, M Jayanetti, A Mendis… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan derived from chitin has gathered much interest as a biopolymer due to its known
and possible broad applications. Chitin is a nitrogen-enriched polymer abundantly present …

Alginate as a promising biopolymer in drug delivery and wound healing: A review of the state-of-the-art

MAS Abourehab, RR Rajendran, A Singh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biopolymeric nanoparticulate systems hold favorable carrier properties for active delivery.
The enhancement in the research interest in alginate formulations in biomedical and …

Alginate: Enhancement strategies for advanced applications

A Hurtado, AAA Aljabali, V Mishra… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alginate is an excellent biodegradable and renewable material that is already used for a
broad range of industrial applications, including advanced fields, such as biomedicine and …

Chitin and chitosans: Characteristics, eco-friendly processes, and applications in cosmetic science

C Casadidio, DV Peregrina, MR Gigliobianco, S Deng… - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Huge amounts of chitin and chitosans can be found in the biosphere as important
constituents of the exoskeleton of many organisms and as waste by worldwide seafood …

The application of chitosan as a carrier for fertilizer: A review

RS Riseh, MG Vazvani, JF Kennedy - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The smart combination of agriculture and other sciences can greatly reduce the limits of
fertilizer use. Chitosan is a linear amino polysaccharide with a rigid structure which has …

Chitosan wound dressings incorporating exosomes derived from microRNA-126-overexpressing synovium mesenchymal stem cells provide sustained release of …

SC Tao, SC Guo, M Li, QF Ke, YP Guo… - Stem cells …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
There is a need to find better strategies to promote wound healing, especially of chronic
wounds, which remain a challenge. We found that synovium mesenchymal stem cells …

Chitosan and its derivatives for ocular delivery formulations: Recent advances and developments

A Zamboulis, S Nanaki, G Michailidou, I Koumentakou… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitosan (CS) is a hemi-synthetic cationic linear polysaccharide produced by the
deacetylation of chitin. CS is non-toxic, highly biocompatible, and biodegradable, and it has …

Developments in Emerging Topical Drug Delivery Systems for Ocular Disorders

S Mandal, P Vishvakarma… - Current Drug Research …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
According to the current information, using nano gels in the eyes have therapeutic benefits.
Industry growth in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors has been filled by …

Efficient removal of antibiotics by a novel magnetic adsorbent: Magnetic activated carbon/chitosan (MACC) nanocomposite

ST Danalıoğlu, ŞS Bayazit, ÖK Kuyumcu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel adsorbent, Fe 3 O 4/activated carbon/chitosan (MACC: Magnetic activated
carbon/chitosan) was prepared by a simple coprecipitation method. MACC was …

Biopolymer‐based coatings: promising strategies to improve the biocompatibility and functionality of materials used in biomedical engineering

J Song, B Winkeljann, O Lieleg - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It was a physicist, Wolfgang Pauli, who recognized a century ago that “God made the bulk;
the surface was invented by the devil.” And indeed, adjusting the surface properties of …