Marine resources are today a renewable source of various compounds, such as
polysaccharides, that are used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, and food fields. In …

New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

Carrageenan is a class of naturally occurring sulphated polysaccharides, which is currently
a promising candidate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as it resemblances …

Absorbent polymers or hydrogel polymer materials have an enhanced water retention
capacity and are widely used in agriculture and medicine. The controlled release of …

In the last decades, the discovery of metabolites from marine resources showing biological
activity has increased significantly. Among marine resources, seaweed is a valuable source …

Hydrogels, which are hydrophilic soft porous networks, are an important class of materials of
broad relevance to bioanalytical chemistry, soft‐robotics, drug delivery, and regenerative …

Carrageenan is a natural polysaccharide extracted from edible red seaweeds of
Rhodophycea class. It has been used as a viscosity increasing or gelling agent for …

The current review provides an overview of different types of superabsorbent polymers
(SAPs) together with appropriate strategies elaborated to enable their synthesis. The main …

Seaweeds are abundant sources of diverse bioactive compounds with various properties
and mechanisms of action. These compounds offer protective effects, high nutritional value …

Polymeric micelles (PMs) have been explored pre-clinically for the delivery of
chemotherapeutics to treat cancer. Their unique features, such as easy surface …