Open AccessResearch progress of alginate in biomedicine
Author(s) -
Zongmei Wu,
Weixi Fan,
Xiaoming Cai,
Chunli Zhu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/729/1/012097
Subject(s) - biocompatibility , biomedicine , sodium alginate , biodegradation , self healing hydrogels , drug delivery , nanotechnology , polymer , materials science , microsphere , chemistry , sodium , chemical engineering , engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , genetics , metallurgy , biology
Sodium alginate was widely used in biomedicine because of its biocompatibility, biodegradability, safety, non-toxicity and easy processing. The development of the application of micelles, microspheres, nanoparticles and hydrogels prepared by sodium alginate polymers in drug release is described in this paper.