[HTML][HTML] Polymer-based biomaterials for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications: A focus on topical drug administration

PC Pires, F Mascarenhas-Melo, K Pedrosa… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing emergence of skin diseases and the difficulty in treating damaged skin using
conventional therapies have been calling for the development of novel drug delivery …

Plant-derived anticancer compounds as new perspectives in drug discovery and alternative therapy

CA Dehelean, I Marcovici, C Soica, M Mioc… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the recent advances in the field of chemically synthetized pharmaceutical agents,
nature remains the main supplier of bioactive molecules. The research of natural products is …

Mussel-inspired chemistry: a promising strategy for natural polysaccharides in biomedical applications

F Liu, X Liu, F Chen, Q Fu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a kind of natural biopolymers and have been widely applied in various
fields, especially biomedical applications, due to their fascinating properties, such as …

Development of nanotechnology-mediated precision radiotherapy for anti-metastasis and radioprotection

Y Pan, W Tang, W Fan, J Zhang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radiotherapy (RT), including external beam RT and internal radiation therapy, uses high-
energy ionizing radiation to kill tumor cells. However, ionizing radiation inevitably damages …

Recent advances and progress on melanin: from source to application

L Guo, W Li, Z Gu, L Wang, L Guo, S Ma, C Li… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Melanin is a biological pigment formed by indoles and phenolic compounds. It is widely
found in living organisms and has a variety of unique properties. Due to its diverse …

New insight into melanin for food packaging and biotechnology applications

S Roy, JW Rhim - Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Melanin is a dark brown to black biomacromolecule with biologically active multifunctional
properties that do not have a precise chemical structure, but its structure mainly depends on …

Bioinspired melanin‐based optically active materials

M **ao, MD Shawkey… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Melanin is a widespread multifunctional biological pigment that has emerged as a promising
platform for applications in coating, catalysis, energy, drug delivery, and medical therapy …

Natural melanin: current trends, and future approaches, with especial reference to microbial source

NEA El-Naggar, WEIA Saber - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Melanin is a universal natural dark polymeric pigment, arising in microorganisms, animals,
and plants. There is a couple of pieces of literature on melanin, each focusing on a different …

Melanin-like nanoparticles: advances in surface modification and tumour photothermal therapy

L Tian, X Li, H Ji, Q Yu, M Yang, L Guo, L Huang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Currently, tumor treatments are characterized by intelligence, diversity and personalization,
but the therapeutic reagents used are often limited in clinical efficacy due to problems with …

Recent biomedical approaches for chitosan based materials as drug delivery nanocarriers

AT Iacob, FG Lupascu, M Apotrosoaei, IM Vasincu… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on nanotechnology have been
attracting substantial interest in the pharmaceutical field, especially those developed based …