Natural Polymer Based Micro and Nanoparticles
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 6461
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2. Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; drug delivery; polysaccharides
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Dear Colleagues,
Recently, much attention has been given to natural-based polymeric materials for food, biological, and biomedical applications due to their unique properties. Micro and nanoparticles of the natural polymeric system (cellulose, chitosan, alginate, carrageenan, uIvan, pectin, starch, etc.) have been extensively studied for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical product development. These natural-based micro and nanoparticles have unique properties, such as excellent antimicrobial properties, gel-forming ability, better loading capacity, biocompatibility and biodegradability, and non-toxic character. Nanoparticles of the natural-based polymeric system are widely studied for protein, peptides, cancer, antibiotic, and insulin delivery applications. Additionally, these natural-based polymeric systems are also utilized in tissue construction applications (skin, bone, cartilage, liver, heart, etc.). Overall, natural-based polymeric micro and nanoparticles need to be studied more extensively for the development of commercial products to improve quality of life for humans.
Dr. Jayachandran Venkatesan
Prof. Se-Kwon Kim
Prof. Anil Sukumaran
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chitosan
- alginate
- carrageenan
- cellulose
- pectin
- drug delivery system (DDS)
- tissue engineering
- biosensor
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