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Generation of Alginate Microspheres for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 12, 2012
Alginate drug delivery systems: application in context of pharmaceutical and biomedical research
Dharmendra Jain1, Daniel Bar-Shalom
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H. S. Gour Viswavidyalaya University , Sagar, Madhya Pradesh , India and.
Abstract:
Alginates are natural polymers widely used in the food industry because of their biocompatible, biodegradable character, nontoxicity and easy availability. The bioadhesive character of alginates makes them useful in the pharmaceutical industry as well. The application areas of sodium alginate-based drug delivery systems are many and these systems can be formulated as gels, matrices, membranes, nanospheres, microspheres, etc. Worldwide researchers are exploring possible applications of alginates as coating material, preparation of controlled-release drug delivery systems such as microspheres, beads, pellets, gels, fibers, membranes, etc. In the present review, such applications of alginates are discussed.
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