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Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery
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Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via combining the characteristics of a hydrogel system with a nanoparticle, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.About:
This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2008-12-14. It has received 1704 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanogel & Drug carrier.read more
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Polysaccharide-based micro/nanohydrogels for delivering macromolecular therapeutics.
Kuntal Ganguly,Kiran Chaturvedi,Uttam A. More,Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda,Tejraj M. Aminabhavi +4 more
TL;DR: This review outlines and critically evaluates the research findings on micro and nano-carrier polymeric hydrogels for the delivery of macromolecular therapeutics.
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Preparation and characterization of asiaticoside-loaded alginate films and their potential for use as effectual wound dressings
TL;DR: A wound dressing material was successfully prepared from alginate, a natural polymer capable of forming into hydrogels, and asiaticoside (PAC), a substance from the plant Centella asia which has commonly been used in traditional medicine to heal wounds as discussed by the authors.
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Designing hydrogel particles for controlled or targeted release of lipophilic bioactive agents in the gastrointestinal tract
Zipei Zhang,Zipei Zhang,Ruojie Zhang,Ruojie Zhang,Long Chen,Qunyi Tong,David Julian McClements,David Julian McClements +7 more
TL;DR: This article focuses on the application of hydrogel particles for controlled or targeted release of lipophilic bioactive agents in the gastrointestinal tract including the mouth, stomach, small intestine, and colon.
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Strong and tough fully physically crosslinked double network hydrogels with tunable mechanics and high self-healing performance
TL;DR: In this paper, chitosan and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) are employed as double networks (DN), and metal-coordination and chain entanglement are exploited as dual crosslinks to develop fully physically crosslinked DN hydrogels.
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Composite hydrogels based on gelatin, chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol to biomedical applications: a review
Rogelio Rodríguez-Rodríguez,Hugo Espinosa-Andrews,Cristina Velasquillo-Martínez,Zaira Y. García-Carvajal +3 more
TL;DR: In this article, binary and ternary blends of chitosan, gelatin, and polyvinyl alcohol can lead to hydrogels that are unsuitable for biomedical applications.
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