Garlic is a common food, and many of its biological functions are attributed to its components
including functional carbohydrates. Garlic polysaccharides and oligosaccharides as main …

Inulin (INU) is a flexible, fructan type polysaccharide carbohydrate, mainly obtained from the
root of chicory. It is a water-soluble dietary fibre and has been recently approved by the Food …

This paper aims at demonstrating silk fibroin nanoparticles (SFNs) promote anti-
inflammatory properties of celecoxib (CXB) or curcumin (CUR), and could be exploited for …

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) have been increasing in incidence in recent years and
are now widespread worldwide. Neuronal death is defined as the progressive loss of …

Over the past few years, hydrophobically modified inulin (HMI) has gained considerable
attention due to its multitudinous features. The targeted release of drugs remains a subject of …

Vitamin E is a common compound used for tocopherols and tocotrienols (α, β, γ, δ); it is the
component of many natural products of both plant and animal origin. Thanks to its powerful …

Background: Micellization provides numerous merits for the delivery of water insoluble anti-
cancer therapeutic agents including a nanosized 'core–shell'drug delivery system. Recently …

Chemotherapy is still the first-line treatment of cancer, even if drugs currently used in therapy
generally possess high toxicity and poor selectivity. In the last two decades several efforts …

To remedy the problems riddled in cancer chemotherapy, such as poor solubility, low
selectivity, and insufficient intra-cellular release of drugs, novel heparin-based redox …

This review is aimed at critically discussing a collection of research papers on Inulin (INU) in
different scientific fields. The first part of this work gives an overview on the main …