A review on natural biopolymers in external drug delivery systems for wound healing and atopic dermatitis

Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V..

Despite the advantages of topical administration in the treatment of skin diseases, current marketed preparations face the challenge of the skin's barrier effect, leading to low therapeutic effectiveness and undesirable side effects. Hence, in recent years the management of skin wounds, the main morbidity-causing complication in hospital environments, and atopic dermatitis, the most common inflammatory skin disease, has become a great concern. Fortunately, new, more effective, and safer treatments are already under development, with chitosan, starch, silk fibroin, agarose, hyaluronic acid, alginate, collagen, and gelatin having been used for the development of nanoparticles, liposomes, niosomes and/or hydrogels to improve the delivery of several molecules for the treatment of these diseases. Biocompatibility, biodegradability, increased viscosity, controlled drug delivery, increased drug retention in the epidermis, and overall mitigation of adverse effects, contribute to an effective treatment, additionally providing intrinsic antimicrobial and wound healing properties. In this review, some of the most recent success cases of biopolymer-based drug delivery systems as part of nanocarriers, semi-solid hydrogel matrices, or both (hybrid systems), for the management of skin wounds and atopic dermatitis, are critically discussed, including composition and in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo characterization, showing the promise of these external drug delivery systems.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:263

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International journal of biological macromolecules - 263(2024), Pt 1 vom: 26. März, Seite 130296

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pires, Patrícia C [VerfasserIn]
Damiri, Fouad [VerfasserIn]
Zare, Ehsan Nazarzadeh [VerfasserIn]
Hasan, Anwarul [VerfasserIn]
Neisiany, Rasoul Esmaeely [VerfasserIn]
Veiga, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Makvandi, Pooyan [VerfasserIn]
Paiva-Santos, Ana Cláudia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-34-5
Biopolymer
Biopolymers
Collagen
External drug delivery
Hydrogels
Journal Article
Liposomes
Nanocarrier
Review

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130296

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NLM368727998