Tannic acid: a versatile polyphenol for design of biomedical hydrogels

H Jafari, P Ghaffari-Bohlouli, SV Niknezhad… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, is a hydrolysable amphiphilic tannin derivative of
gallic acid with several galloyl groups in its structure. Tannic acid interacts with various …

[HTML][HTML] Recent design approaches, adhesion mechanisms, and applications of antibacterial surfaces

PC Uzoma, IIN Etim, BO Okonkwo, OS Olanrele… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Adhesion of bacteria on surfaces and the resultant biofilm formation is a great risk to human
health care services, food packaging and storage, and the marine industry. This has …

Injectable, self-healing, transparent, and antibacterial hydrogels based on chitosan and dextran for wound dressings

L Nie, Q Wei, M Sun, P Ding, L Wang, Y Sun… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
One major shortcoming of biopolymeric based wound dressing so far is the lack of an
integrated multi-functional system that could provide suitable mechanical strength, fast self …

Tannic acid post-treatment of enzymatically crosslinked chitosan-alginate hydrogels for biomedical applications

H Jafari, P Ghaffari-Bohlouli, D Podstawczyk, L Nie… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enzyme-mediated crosslinked hydrogels as soft materials for biomedical applications have
gained considerable attention. In this article, we studied the effect of tannic acid post …

Effect of electrospun PLGA/collagen scaffolds on cell adhesion, viability, and collagen release: potential applications in tissue engineering

A Guzmán-Soria, V Moreno-Serna, DA Canales… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of scaffolding obtained by electrospinning is widely used in tissue
engineering due to porous and fibrous structures that can mimic the extracellular matrix. In …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of antioxidant biomaterials in human health and technological innovation: a review

AC Pedro, OG Paniz, IAA Fernandes, DG Bortolini… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biomaterials come from natural sources such as animals, plants, fungi, algae, and bacteria,
composed mainly of protein, lipid, and carbohydrate molecules. The great diversity of …

An injectable, self-healing, 3D printable, double network co-enzymatically crosslinked hydrogel using marine poly-and oligo-saccharides for wound healing …

H Jafari, H Alimoradi, C Delporte, KV Bernaerts… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we designed dual network hydrogels with antioxidant and antibacterial
activities using marine poly-and oligosaccharides with skin wound healing potential. The …

Evaluation of anti-cancer and anti-metastatic effects of folate-PEGylated niosomes for co-delivery of letrozole and ascorbic acid on breast cancer cells

M Bourbour, N Khayam, H Noorbazargan… - … Systems Design & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fighting with cancer requires the delivery of different therapeutics to the target cancerous
cells by taking advantage of the synergistic effects of complementary medicine. Herein, we …

Chitinase-assisted bioconversion of chitinous waste for development of value-added chito-oligosaccharides products

S Taokaew, W Kriangkrai - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bioconversion of chitinous waste to chito-oligosaccharides using chitinase
is an attractive strategy for traditional waste management. Chito-oligosaccharides have a …

Prospects of chitinase in sustainable farming and modern biotechnology: an update on recent progress and challenges

A Sharma, SK Arya, J Singh, B Kapoor… - Biotechnology and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Chitinases are multifunctional biocatalysts for the pest control and useful in modern
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Chemical-based fungicides and insecticides …