Polysaccharide hydrogels for drug delivery and regenerative medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colloids--Therapeutic use.

Colloids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, 2023.

Contents:

Front Cover

Polysaccharide Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

1

Microbial, animal, and biotechnologically originated polysaccharides

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 Hydrogel-forming ability of polysaccharides

1.2 Natural polysaccharides: Their sources and applications

1.2.1 Polysaccharides derived from animal sources

1.2.1.1 Glycogen

1.2.1.2 Hyaluronic acid

1.2.1.3 Chitosan

1.2.1.4 Heparin

1.2.1.5 Chondroitin sulfate

1.2.2 Microbial and biotechnologically derived polysaccharides

1.2.2.1 Xanthan gum

1.2.2.2 Gellan gum

1.2.2.3 Dextran

1.2.2.4 Scleroglucan

1.2.2.5 Pullulan

1.2.2.6 Levan

1.2.2.7 Schizophyllan

1.2.2.8 Curdlan

1.3 Preparation of polysaccharides through biotechnological approach

1.4 Future prospect of the polysaccharide hydrogels in drug delivery and regenerative medicine

1.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

2

Glycogen-based hydrogels

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Glycogen

2.2.1 Source

2.2.2 Chemical structure and composition

2.2.3 Physicochemical properties

2.2.4 Hydrogel-forming ability

2.3 Drug delivery applications

2.4 Tumor targeting

2.5 Tissue engineering applications

2.5.1 Bone tissue regeneration

2.5.2 Wound healing and skin tissue regeneration

2.5.3 Self-healing hydrogel in tissue engineering

2.6 Conclusions

3

Hydrogel based on hyaluronic acid

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Dermatological applications

3.3 Ophthalmic applications

3.4 Hyaluronic acid injectable hydrogels

3.5 Inhalable hyaluronic acid hydrogels

3.6 Hyaluronic acid hydrogels and their applications in tissue engineering

3.7 Cartilage and bone regeneration

3.8 Wounds treatment

3.9 Hyaluronic acid hydrogel and neuroregeneration

3.10 Hyaluronic acid hydrogel and stem cells

3.11 Conclusions

4

Hydrogels based on chitosan

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Classification of hydrogel

4.2.1 Crosslinking

4.2.2 Electric charge

4.2.3 Crosslinked junctions

4.3 Hydrogel preparation using chitosan

4.3.1 Chemical crosslinking

4.3.1.1 Using crosslinkers

4.3.1.2 Using photopolymerization

4.3.2 Physical crosslinking

4.3.2.1 Ionic crosslinking

4.3.2.2 Polyelectrolyte complex

4.3.3 Smart hydrogel

4.3.3.1 Temperature-sensitive hydrogels

4.3.3.2 pH-sensitive hydrogels

4.3.3.3 Electro-responsive hydrogels

4.3.3.4 Magneto-responsive hydrogels

4.3.3.5 Nanogels

4.4 Application of chitosan-based hydrogel

4.4.1 Drug delivery

4.4.1.1 Oral delivery

4.4.1.2 Ocular delivery

4.4.1.3 Nasal delivery

4.4.1.4 Parenteral delivery

4.4.2 Tissue engineering

4.4.3 Commercially available chitosan-based hydrogel

4.5 Conclusion and prospects

References

5

Hydrogels based on heparin and its conjugates

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