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The tissue engineering is governed by use of cells and polymers. The cells may be accounted for type of tissue to be targeted, while polymers may vary from natural to synthetic. The natural polymers have advantages such as non immunogenic and complex structures that helps in formation of bonds in comparison to the synthetic ones. Various targeted drug delivery systems have been prepared using polymers and cells such as nanoparticles, hydrogels, nanofibers and micro-spheres. The design of scaffolds depends on the negative impact of material used on the human body and they have been prepared either using surface modification technique or neo material synthesis. The dermal substitutes are a distinctive array that aims at replacement of skin part either through grafting or some other means. This review focuses on biomaterials, for their use in tissue engineering. This article shall provide the bird eye view about the scaffolds and dermal substitutes, which are naturally derived