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ReviewPolymers2022

A Review on Biomedical Application of Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels with a Focus on Drug Delivery Systems.

Bahareh Farasati Far, Mohammad Reza Naimi-Jamal, Maryam Safaei, Kimia Zarei, Marzieh Moradi, Hamed Yazdani Nezhad

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Review in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Bahareh Farasati FarResearch Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis and Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 1684613114, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Naimi-JamalResearch Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis and Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 1684613114, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8305-7234
Maryam SafaeiDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, Turkey.
Kimia ZareiFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1916893813, Iran.
Marzieh MoradiFaculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1985717443, Iran.
Hamed Yazdani NezhadDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, City University of London, London EC1V 0HB, UK.
Iran University of Science and Technology · IRCity, University of London · GBEastern Mediterranean University · CYIslamic Azad University Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last years of research on drug delivery systems (DDSs), natural polymer-based hydrogels have shown many scientific advances due to their intrinsic properties and a wide variety of potential applications. While drug efficacy and cytotoxicity play a key role, adopting a proper DDS is crucial to preserve the drug along the route of administration and possess desired therapeutic effect at the targeted site. Thus, drug delivery technology can be used to overcome the difficulties of maintaining drugs at a physiologically related serum concentration for prolonged periods. Due to their outstanding biocompatibility, polysaccharides have been thoroughly researched as a biological material for DDS advancement. To formulate a modified DDS, polysaccharides can cross-link with different molecules, resulting in hydrogels. According to our recent findings, targeted drug delivery at a certain spot occurs due to external stimulation such as temperature, pH, glucose, or light. As an adjustable biomedical device, the hydrogel has tremendous potential for nanotech applications in involved health areas such as pharmaceutical and biomedical engineering. An overview of hydrogel characteristics and functionalities is provided in this review. We focus on discussing the various kinds of hydrogel-based systems on their potential for effectively delivering drugs that are made of polysaccharides.

Indexed as

bioengineeringbiomedical applicationdrug deliveryhydrogelpolysaccharide

Identifiers

PMID36559799
PMCPMC9784417
OpenAlexW4312125850

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