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ReviewChemSusChem2019

Lignin for Nano- and Microscaled Carrier Systems: Applications, Trends, and Challenges.

Mika Henrikki Sipponen, Heiko Lange, Claudia Crestini, Alexander Henn, Monika Österberg

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In one paragraph

Review in ChemSusChem, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mika Henrikki SipponenDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Vuorimiehentie 1, Espoo, 02150, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-9310
Heiko LangeDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples 'Federico II', Via Domenico Montesano, Naples, 80131, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-7017
Claudia CrestiniDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, University of Venice Ca' Foscari, Via Torino 155, 30170, Venice Mestre, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-2675
Alexander HennDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Vuorimiehentie 1, Espoo, 02150, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0637-6610
Monika ÖsterbergDepartment of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Vuorimiehentie 1, Espoo, 02150, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3558-9172

Funding

Luonnontieteiden ja Tekniikan Tutkimuksen Toimikunta 296547Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF17OC0027658
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To liberate society from its dependence on fossil-based fuels and materials it is pivotal to explore components of renewable plant biomass in applications that benefit from their intrinsic biodegradability, safety, and sustainability. Lignin, a byproduct of the pulp and paper industry, is a plausible material for carrying various types of cargo in small- and large-scale applications. Herein, possibilities and constraints regarding the physical-chemical properties of the lignin source as well as modifications and processing required to render lignins suitable for the loading and release of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and biological macromolecules is reviewed. In addition, the technical challenges, regulatory and toxicological aspects, and future research needed to realize some of the promises that nano- and microscaled lignin materials hold for a sustainable future are critically discussed.

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drug deliveryimmobilizationligninnanoparticlessustainable chemistry

Identifiers

PMID30933420
PMCPMC6593669

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