Open Access<p>Extraction, Purification, and Characterization of Polysaccharides of <em>Araucaria heterophylla</em> L and <em>Prosopis chilensis</em> L and Utilization of Polysaccharides in Nanocarrier Synthesis</p>
Author(s) -
Antony V. Samrot,
Teeshalini Kudaiyappan,
Ummu Bisyarah,
Anita Mirarmandi,
Etel Faradjeva,
Amira Abubakar,
Jenifer A Selvarani,
Suresh Kumar Subbiah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s259653
Subject(s) - nanocarriers , polysaccharide , chemistry , drug delivery , chromatography , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Plant gums consist of polysaccharides which can be used in the preparation of nanocarriers and provide a wide application in pharmaceutical applications including as drug delivery agents and the matrices for drug release. The objectives of the study were to collect plant gums from Araucaria heterophylla L and Prosopis chilensis L and to extract and characterize their polysaccharides. Then to utilize these plant gum-derived polysaccharides for the formulation of nanocarriers to use for drug loading and to examine their purpose in drug delivery in vitro.