Cationic starch: A functionalized polysaccharide based polymer for advancement of drug delivery and health care system - A review

  • Shreya Chatterjee
  • , Syed Mahmood
  • , Ayah Rebhi Hilles
  • , Sabu Thomas
  • , Sudeep Roy
  • , Valentine Provaznik
  • , Eder Lilia Romero
  • , Kajal Ghosal

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Abstract

Research and development in health care industry is in persistence progression. To make it more patient-friendly or to get maximum benefits from it, special attention to different advanced drug delivery system (ADDS) is employed that delivers the drug at the target site and will be able to sustain/control release of drugs. ADDS should be non-toxic, biodegradable, biocompatible along with desirable showing physicochemical and functional properties. These drug delivery systems can be totally based on polymers, either with natural or synthetic polymers. The molecular weight of polymer can be tuned and different groups of polymers can be modified or substituted with other functional groups. Degree of substitution is also tailored. Cationic starch in recent years is exploited in drug delivery, tissue engineering and biomedicine. Due to their abundant availability, low cost, easy chemical modification, low toxicity, biodegradability and biocompatibility, extensive research is now being carried out. Our present discussion will shed light on the usage of cationic starch in health care system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number125757
JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume248
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Advanced drug delivery system
  • Biocompatibility
  • Biodegradability
  • Cationic starch
  • Health care system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomaterials
  • Molecular Biology

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