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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

A Review of Natural Polysaccharides: Sources, Characteristics, Properties, Food, and Pharmaceutical Applications.

Ikbel Benalaya, Gilberto Alves, João Lopes, Luís R Silva

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers.

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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

106 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Polysaccharides and carbohydrate polymers: innovations from nature to industry.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2026
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  11. A Sea Buckthorn Pomace Polysaccharide Mitigates HFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  15. Amylopectin-Polymers · 2026
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  18. Comprehensive Chemical Profiling and Assessment ofJournal of pharmacopuncture · 2026
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46 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors.

Ikbel BenalayaCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilha, Portugal.
Gilberto AlvesCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilha, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4213-0714
João LopesiMed.ULisboa, Research Institute for Medicines, Faculdade de Farmácia, University of Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1657-344X
Luís R SilvaCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilha, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5264-3516

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural polysaccharides, which are described in this study, are some of the most extensively used biopolymers in food, pharmaceutical, and medical applications, because they are renewable and have a high level of biocompatibility and biodegradability. The fundamental understanding required to properly exploit polysaccharides potential in the biocomposite, nanoconjugate, and pharmaceutical industries depends on detailed research of these molecules. Polysaccharides are preferred over other polymers because of their biocompatibility, bioactivity, homogeneity, and bioadhesive properties. Natural polysaccharides have also been discovered to have excellent rheological and biomucoadhesive properties, which may be used to design and create a variety of useful and cost-effective drug delivery systems. Polysaccharide-based composites derived from natural sources have been widely exploited due to their multifunctional properties, particularly in drug delivery systems and biomedical applications. These materials have achieved global attention and are in great demand because to their biochemical properties, which mimic both human and animal cells. Although synthetic polymers account for a substantial amount of organic chemistry, natural polymers play a vital role in a range of industries, including biomedical, pharmaceutical, and construction. As a consequence, the current study will provide information on natural polymers, their biological uses, and food and pharmaceutical applications.

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Drug Delivery SystemsPolysaccharidesAnimalsBiopolymersHumansPharmaceutical PreparationsPolymersBiopolymersPharmaceutical PreparationsPolymersPolysaccharidesexcipientfood and pharmaceutical applicationsnatural sourcepolymers biopolymers

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PMID38279323
PMCPMC10816883

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