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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Nanofiber Systems as Herbal Bioactive Compounds Carriers: Current Applications in Healthcare.

Kathya Huesca-Urióstegui, Elsy J García-Valderrama, Janet A Gutierrez-Uribe, Marilena Antunes-Ricardo, Daniel Guajardo-Flores

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Kathya Huesca-UriósteguiTecnológico de Monterrey, Centro de Biotecnologia-FEMSA., Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico.
Elsy J García-ValderramaTecnológico de Monterrey, Centro de Biotecnologia-FEMSA., Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico.
Janet A Gutierrez-UribeTecnológico de Monterrey, Centro de Biotecnologia-FEMSA., Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico.
Marilena Antunes-RicardoTecnológico de Monterrey, Centro de Biotecnologia-FEMSA., Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8546-6832
Daniel Guajardo-FloresTecnológico de Monterrey, Centro de Biotecnologia-FEMSA., Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-5540-0357

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanofibers have emerged as a potential novel platform due to their physicochemical properties for healthcare applications. Nanofibers' advantages rely on their high specific surface-area-to-volume and highly porous mesh. Their peculiar assembly allows cell accommodation, nutrient infiltration, gas exchange, waste excretion, high drug release rate, and stable structure. This review provided comprehensive information on the design and development of natural-based polymer nanofibers with the incorporation of herbal medicines for the treatment of common diseases and their in vivo studies. Natural and synthetic polymers have been widely used for the fabrication of nanofibers capable of mimicking extracellular matrix structure. Among them, natural polymers are preferred because of their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and similarity with extracellular matrix proteins. Herbal bioactive compounds from natural extracts have raised special interest due to their prominent beneficial properties in healthcare. Nanofiber properties allow these systems to serve as bioactive compound carriers to generate functional matrices with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiseptic, anti-viral, and other properties which have been studied in vitro and in vivo, mostly to prove their wound healing capacity and anti-inflammation properties.

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bioactive compoundshealthcareherbal extractsin vivo studiesnanofibers

Identifiers

PMID35057087
PMCPMC8781881

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