Showing papers in "International Journal of Biological Macromolecules in 2023"

TL;DR: In this paper , the role of miRNAs in the pathogenesis of macrovascular diabetic complications, including stroke, coronary artery disease (CAD), and cardiomyopathy as a consequence of atherosclerosis.

TL;DR: In this paper , a composite hydrogel composed of methacrylate anhydride (MA) grafted quaternary ammonium chitosan (QCS-MA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and dopamine (DA) was designed for the sequential wound inflammation elimination, infection inhibition, and wound healing.

TL;DR: In this article , a comparison between studies using the same materials is often difficult to accomplish due to varying material concentrations, preparation strategies, and laboratory settings, and as such these variables have a huge impact on the physio-chemical properties of the hydrogel systems.

TL;DR: In this article , polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used as a pore-forming agent for anionic (Congo red, CR) and cationic (methylene blue, MB) dyes removal from aqueous solutions.

TL;DR: In this article , a starch-grafted poly acrylic acid (St-g-PAA) doped BaO nanostrucutures have been synthesized by co-precipitation approach.

TL;DR: Sodium alginate (SA) is an inexpensive and biocompatible biomaterial with fast and gentle crosslinking that has been widely used in biological soft tissue repair/regeneration as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: Polysialic acid (PSA) is a straight-chain homoglycan linked by N-acetylneuraminic acid monomers via α-2, 8- or α- 2, 9-glycosidic bonds as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: In this paper , the potential of synthesized quinoline molecules to stabilize the V30M TTR structure and analyzed the impact of protein-ligand interactions through molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, steered MD, and umbrella sampling simulations.

TL;DR: In this article , a double emulsion hydrogel of Fe3O4/chitosan/agarose was synthesized and curcumin was loaded with loading and entrapment efficacies of 48.25 % and 87.5 %, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors focus on food packaging techniques, food industry waste, biopolymers, their classification, PLA synthesis, the importance of PLA properties for food packaging, and technologies used to process PLA in food packaging.

TL;DR: In this article , a pH-sensitive nanocomposite of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/γ-alumina developed by using water in oil in water (W/O/W) double emulsion method was employed as the 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) carrier to investigate its effects on drug half-life, side effects, drug loading efficiency (DLE), and drug entrapment efficiency.

TL;DR: The potential properties of chitosan nanoparticles, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, serum stability, solubility, non-immunogenicity, anti-inflammatory properties, appropriate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and so forth, have made them excellent candidates for biomedical applications as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: In this article , the authors highlight and discuss the research progress on chitosan hydrogels concerning their stimuli-responsive capabilities, and their potential use of drug delivery is summarized.

TL;DR: In this paper , a one-pot green biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) with various ratios of silver (Ag) in the existence of N, N, n-trimethyl chitosan chloride (TMC) and carboxymethyl kappa-carrageenan (CMKC), to investigate the effectiveness of the synthesized silver nanocomposites (SNCs) as pH sensitive biodegradable carrier for orally intestinal delivery of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) drug.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined the various methods of lactic acid synthesis, together with their characteristics and the metabolic processes involved in producing Lactic acid from food waste, and possible difficulties in its biodegradation, and its application in diverse industries.

TL;DR: In this article , the mechanism of action for chitosan's antibacterial and antioxidant properties is analyzed and summarized, and applications, challenges, and future perspectives of functionalized chitosa-based composites in food are discussed.

TL;DR: Alginate-coated platinum nanoparticles were synthesized, characterized, and implemented as a radiosensitizer to enhance X-ray therapeutic efficacy in breast cancer in vitro and in vivo as mentioned in this paper .

TL;DR: In this paper , the chitosan backbone was functionalized with 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone by Schiff base, bonding the molecules into the repeating amine groups.

TL;DR: In this paper , three basic strategies underlie the 3D bioprinting process: autonomous self-assembly, micro tissue building blocks, and biomimicry or biomimetics.

TL;DR: In this article , a review explores the cascade of research around curcumin encapsulated alginate hydrogel matrix for wound healing and cancer therapy, and the focus of the review is to emphasize the mechanistic effects of curcurumin with its fate inside the cells.

TL;DR: In this article , an ionic conductive, flexible, transparent, and anti-freezing hydrogels are fabricated by dissolving cotton linter pulp in ZnCl2/CaCl2 solution and cross-linking with epichlorohydrin (ECH).

TL;DR: In this article , the authors systematically review the recent major studies on extraction and purification methods of polysaccharides from different parts (rhizome, seed, leaf, plumule, receptacle and stamen) of lotus, as well as the characterization of their chemical structure, biological activity and structure-activity relationship.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors systematically introduced common crosslinking strategies of hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and highlighted the development of novel HA-based hyrogels in anticancer drug delivery, cartilage repair, three-dimensional cell culture, skin dressing and other fields.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of the electrospinning procedure and its operating principle, with special emphasis on the role of electrospun polymeric nanofibers in the treatment of diabetic wounds is provided in this paper .

TL;DR: In this article , a pH-responsive nanocomposite based on halloysite nanotube (HNT) coated with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)/polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel for controlled delivery of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a hydrophobic chemotherapy drug prescribed for different types of cancers was synthesized for the first time using the waterin-oil-in-water (W/O/W) technique.

TL;DR: In this article , a curcumin-loaded chitosan/halloysite/carbon nanotube nanomixture was fabricated by means of water/oil/water emulsification method.

TL;DR: In this paper , various crosslinking strategies in the preparation of alginate-based hydrogels are comprehensively introduced, and the representative application progress of the hydrogel-based materials in drug carrier, wound dressing and tissue engineering is summarized.

TL;DR: In this article , four different assays, namely DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), ABTS ( 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)), FRAP (ferric ion reducing antioxidant potential) and FC (Folin-Ciocalteu), were used to determine the antioxidant capacity of standard substances as well as 50 organosolv lignins, and two kraft lignin, and the best correlation was found for FRAP and FC, which both rely on a single electron transfer mechanism.

TL;DR: In this article , natural kaolinite clay (KC) and Ficus leaf extract (FLE) were combined with chitosan to create a novel antioxidant and biodegradable food packaging film.

TL;DR: An environmental-friendly composite films containing waste fish scale-derived gelatin (FSG), sodium alginate (SA) and carvacrol loaded ZIF-8 nanoparticles were designed and fabricated to develop active food packaging materials capable of sustained antibacterial activity as discussed by the authors .