Two natural glucomannan polymers, from Konjac and Bletilla, as bioactive materials for pharmaceutical applications

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Yu ^a   Liu, Jingjing ^a   Li, Qiu ^a   Wang, Yitao ^a   Wang, Chunming ^a  

^a University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Bletilla striata; Drug delivery; Konjac glucomannan; Polysaccharides; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY; ENZYMES; POLYSACCHARIDES; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BLETILLA STRIATA; CARBOHYDRATE RECEPTORS; DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL FIELDS; WOUND HEALING;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

BLETILLA; BLETILLA STRIATA;

BIOMATERIAL; KONJAC GLUCO-MANNAN; MANNAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE B, BLETILLA STRIATA;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOUSE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MANNANS; MICE; POLYSACCHARIDES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84938149077     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1647-6     Document Type: Review

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