Design and Processing Aspects of Polymer and Composite Materials

Iqbal, Hafiz M.N.; Rasheed, Tahir; Bilal, Muhammad

doi:10.1002/9781119407089.ch7

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“…Based on sulfate content and position, carrageenans are classified into six different types including Lambda-CG (λ), Theta-CG (θ), Iota-CG (ι), Kappa-CG (κ), Mu-CG (µ), and Nu-CG (ν). Lambda, Kappa, and Iota are the most significant and commercialized forms among the six types of CG and are different from each other based on the number of sulfate groups [10]. Kappa-CG contains one and two ester sulfate groups per repeating disaccharide unit, where λ-CG has three sulfate groups on every disaccharide unit that constitute up to 40% (w/w) of sulfate content [11].…”

Section: Carrageenan-structural and Functional Entitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marine Seaweed Polysaccharides-Based Engineered Cues for the Modern Biomedical Sector

Bilal

Iqbal

2019

Marine Drugs

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Seaweed-derived polysaccharides with unique structural and functional entities have gained special research attention in the current medical sector. Seaweed polysaccharides have been or being used to engineer novel cues with biomedical values to tackle in practice the limitations of counterparts which have become ineffective for 21st-century settings. The inherited features of seaweed polysaccharides, such as those of a biologically tunable, biocompatible, biodegradable, renewable, and non-toxic nature, urge researchers to use them to design therapeutically effective, efficient, controlled delivery, patient-compliant, and age-compliant drug delivery platforms. Based on their significant retention capabilities, tunable active units, swelling, and colloidal features, seaweed polysaccharides have appeared as highly useful materials for modulating drug-delivery and tissue-engineering systems. This paper presents a standard methodological approach to review the literature using inclusion-exclusion criteria, which is mostly ignored in the reported literature. Following that, numerous marine-based seaweed polysaccharides are discussed with suitable examples. For the applied perspectives, part of the review is focused on the biomedical values, i.e., targeted drug delivery, wound-curative potential, anticancer potentialities, tissue-engineering aspects, and ultraviolet (UV) protectant potential of seaweed polysaccharides based engineered cues. Finally, current challenges, gaps, and future perspectives have been included in this review.

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Section: Carrageenan-structural and Functional Entitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%