Preparation and characterization of a poly(ethylene glycol) grafted carboxymethyl konjac glucomannan copolymer

The advances of polysaccharide-based aerogels: Preparation and potential application

“…Simultaneously active hydroxyl groups in KGM structure do favor of some other chemical reaction, including grafting (Wu, Deng, & Lin, 2013;Xia, et al, 2010) and cross-linking (Ratcliffe, Williams, English, & Meadows, 2013), oxidation (Luo, et al, 2018).…”

Carboxymethyl modification of konjac glucomannan affects water binding properties

“…The solubility of KGM (M w = 7.47 × 10 5 g mol −1 , sample solution = 0.4% (w/w)) was 0.829 ± 0.00185 g dry basis in water solution/g total sample (Chen et al, 2011). The solubility of CMKGM (degree of substitution = 0.6, sample solution = 25% (w/w)) was 11.70 ± 0.36 g dry basis in water solution/100 mL water (Xia et al, 2010). The water absorption of KGM (92.6% purity, M w = 1.2 × 10 6 Da, sample solution = 0.5% (w/w)) was 153.64 ± 4.70 g water/g dry basis (Tatirat, Charoenrein, & Kerr, 2012).…”

Ethylene glycol oligomer modified-sodium alginate for efficiently improving the drug loading and the tumor therapeutic effect

“…Polyethylene glycol-modied polysaccharides (polysaccharides-PEG), which exhibit properties such as biocompatibility, protein resistance, and low toxicity, have been investigated intensely as desirable biomedical carriers in recent years. [13][14][15] PEGylation increases the solubility of polysaccharides and reduces their viscosity, 16 which may help to improve their drug loading capacity. PEG-modied ALG, as one kind of polysaccharides-PEG, has been widely used in oral delivery, gelentrapment systems, wound dressings and so on.…”