Marine-derived polysaccharides and their therapeutic potential in wound healing application-A review

M Kumar, D Kumar, Y Garg, S Mahmood… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides originating from marine sources have been studied as potential material for
use in wound dressings because of their desirable characteristics of biocompatibility …

Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case

FG Torres, GE De-la-Torre - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has driven massive consumption of personal protective
equipment (PPE) worldwide. Single-use face masks are one of the most used PPE to …

Sulfated seaweed polysaccharides as multifunctional materials in drug delivery applications

L Cunha, A Grenha - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
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 …

Marine polysaccharides for wound dressings application: An overview

S Shen, X Chen, Z Shen, H Chen - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wound dressings have become a crucial treatment for wound healing due to their
convenience, low cost, and prolonged wound management. As cutting-edge biomaterials …

Ulvan, a bioactive marine sulphated polysaccharide as a key constituent of hybrid biomaterials: A review

LA Tziveleka, E Ioannou, V Roussis - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Ulvan, a sulphated polysaccharide located in the cell walls of green algae that possesses
unique structural properties albeit its repeating unit shares chemical affinity with …

Valorization of marine waste: use of industrial by-products and beach wrack towards the production of high added-value products

V Rudovica, A Rotter, SP Gaudêncio… - Frontiers in marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biomass is defined as organic matter from living organisms represented in all kingdoms. It is
recognized to be an excellent source of proteins, polysaccharides and lipids and, as such …

[HTML][HTML] Ulvan, a Polysaccharide from Macroalga Ulva sp.: A Review of Chemistry, Biological Activities and Potential for Food and Biomedical Applications

FR Cindana Mo'o, G Wilar, HP Devkota, N Wathoni - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The species of green macroalga belonging to the genus Ulva (family: Ulvaceae) are utilized
in various fields, from food supplements to biomedical applications. Ulvan, a polysaccharide …

Marine polysaccharide-based nanomaterials as a novel source of nanobiotechnological applications

P Manivasagan, J Oh - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2016 - Elsevier
Research on marine polysaccharide-based nanomaterials is emerging in
nanobiotechnological fields such as drug delivery, gene delivery, tissue engineering, cancer …

A propitious role of marine sourced polysaccharides: Drug delivery and biomedical applications

A Sharma, I Kaur, D Dheer, M Nagpal, P Kumar… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous compounds, with extensive applications in biomedical and biotechnological
fields, are present in the oceans, which serve as a prime renewable source of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Marine biopolymers as bioactive functional ingredients of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications

K Iliou, S Kikionis, E Ioannou, V Roussis - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine biopolymers, abundantly present in seaweeds and marine animals, feature diverse
structures and functionalities, and possess a wide range of beneficial biological activities …