Abstract
Biopolymers are ubiquitous in biomedical and healthcare application. Its nanocomposites have gained more attention as antimicrobials, a drug carrier, sensors, disease diagnosis, tissue engineering, wound healing, and cancer therapy. These biopolymer composites are efficient in holding, protecting and releasing bioactive drugs such as pharmaceutics, nutraceuticals, enzymes, and probiotics. Several studies revealed a polymer-based drug delivery system in cancer therapy and microbial treatments. However, this mini-review emphasized the source, extraction, and characterizations of the biopolymers and their use in the fabrication of various drug or metals based nanocomposites followed by its utilization as drug carrier or drug to treat the various diseases such as antimicrobial infections and cancer.
Keywords: Polymers, drug delivery system, antimicrobials, anticancer agents, drug carrier, biopolymers.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Antimicrobial, Anticancer Drug Carrying Properties of Biopolymers-based Nanocomposites- A Mini Review
Volume: 24 Issue: 32
Author(s): Kandasamy Saravanakumar, Davoodbasha M. Ali, Kandasamy Kathiresan and Myeong-Hyeon Wang*
Affiliation:
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, College of Biomedical Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon 24341,Korea
Keywords: Polymers, drug delivery system, antimicrobials, anticancer agents, drug carrier, biopolymers.
Abstract: Biopolymers are ubiquitous in biomedical and healthcare application. Its nanocomposites have gained more attention as antimicrobials, a drug carrier, sensors, disease diagnosis, tissue engineering, wound healing, and cancer therapy. These biopolymer composites are efficient in holding, protecting and releasing bioactive drugs such as pharmaceutics, nutraceuticals, enzymes, and probiotics. Several studies revealed a polymer-based drug delivery system in cancer therapy and microbial treatments. However, this mini-review emphasized the source, extraction, and characterizations of the biopolymers and their use in the fabrication of various drug or metals based nanocomposites followed by its utilization as drug carrier or drug to treat the various diseases such as antimicrobial infections and cancer.
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Saravanakumar Kandasamy, Ali M. Davoodbasha , Kathiresan Kandasamy and Wang Myeong-Hyeon*, Antimicrobial, Anticancer Drug Carrying Properties of Biopolymers-based Nanocomposites- A Mini Review, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2018; 24 (32) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612825666181120161300
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612825666181120161300 |
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