Fucoidan-based nanoparticles: Preparations and applications
- Authors
- Venkatesan, Jayachandran; Murugan, Sesha Subramanian; Seong, Gi Hun
- Issue Date
- Sep-2022
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Keywords
- Cancer therapies; Drug delivery; Fucoidan; Magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent; Tissue engineering
- Citation
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v.217, pp 652 - 667
- Pages
- 16
- Indexed
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SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
- Volume
- 217
- Start Page
- 652
- End Page
- 667
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/112721
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.07.068
- ISSN
- 0141-8130
1879-0003
- Abstract
- Nanoparticle-based therapy has gained much attention in the pharmaceutical industry. Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide naturally derived from marine brown algae and is widely used for medical applications. We explore preparation of fucoidan-based nanoparticles and their biomedical applications in the current review. The fucoidan-based nanoparticles have been synthesized using microwave, emulsion, solvent evaporation, green synthesis, polyelectrolyte self-assembly, precipitation, and ultrasonication methods. The synthesized nano -particles have particle sizes ranging from 100 to 400 nm. Therefore, fucoidan-based nanoparticles have a variety of potential therapeutic applications, including drug delivery, cancer therapies, tissue engineering, antimicrobial applications, magnetic resonance imaging contrast, and atherothrombosis imaging. For example, fucoidan nanoparticles have been used to deliver curcumin, dextran, gentamicin, epigallocatechin gallate, and cisplatin for cancer therapies. Furthermore, fucoidan nanoparticles coupled with metal nanoparticles have been used to target and recognize clinical conditions for diagnostic purposes. Hence, fucoidan-based nanoparticles have been helpful for biomedical applications.
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